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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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