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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

All newborns to get hepatitis-B vaccine

All children born in India will now get a vaccine shot against Hepatitis B — the cause of 80% of all liver cancer and about 1% of all adult deaths.

The health ministry has finally given the go-ahead to introduce the shot in the country's national immunisation programme (NIP). Annually, India records 26 million births. At present, these children are given diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus (DPT) vaccine shots along with BCG, measles and oral polio vaccine under NIP annually.

Read more: Shot at life: All newborns to get hepatitis-B vaccine - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Shot-at-life-All-newborns-to-get-hepatitis-B-vaccine/articleshow/7400913.cms#ixzz1CmHYt1q4
Posted by Sangeeta Narang at 9:46 PM

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