“UNICEF Pledges $3 Million to Upgrade Vietnam's Nha Trang Pasteur Institute”

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To help the Nha Trang Pasteur Institute achieve its goal of supplying 4.5 million doses of diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vaccine annually for Vietnam's immunization program, UNICEF is providing $3 million in funding for improvements at the facility. The institute, which is based in Khanh Hoa province, currently produces nearly 1.5 million doses of the vaccine for the program each year. The facility also plans to produce between 5 million and 10 million doses of tetanus toxoid vaccines.

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