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April 8, 2002

INTERNATIONAL IMMUNIZATION NEWS

"Hepatitis B Scheme to Cover 6 More AP Districts"

Hindu Business Line (www.blonnet.com) (04/03/02)

In India, six more districts will be added to an initiative to provide hepatitis B shots in the Andhra Pradesh state in the coming fiscal year.  The current program--which was launched last November in Chittoor, Cuddapah, Anantapur, Kurnool, Mahboobnagar and Krishna--is still underway.  The program is receiving support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

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