"A$2.7 Million to Fund SA Meningococcal C Vaccination"
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"A$2.7 Million to Fund SA Meningococcal C
Vaccination" Australian Associated Press (AAP) (aap.com.au)
Over the next four years, the South Australian
government will provide A$2.7 million to fund the local version of the national
meningococcal C vaccination program. The program provides free meningitis C
vaccines for children between the ages of one and five years and adolescents
between the ages of 15 and 19, starting in January. Six- to 14-year-olds will
be targeted in 2004, and a "mop-up" effort will be held in 2005 to include
children who were eligible but who were not vaccinated through the school-based
program.
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