ISLAMABAD (APP):
The Directorate of Health Services, Capital Development Authority (CDA)
in collaboration with National Manger EPI, will start Hepatitis-B
vaccination for the newly born babies in Federal Capital.
The vaccine donated by GAVI (Global Alliance for Vaccines and
Immunization) will be given to new born at the ages of 6, 10 and 14
weeks.
The Health Services Directorate of CDA will act as the focal point
for vaccine distribution to the health related institutions of Islamabad
including Federal Government Services Hospital, Pakistan Institute of
Medical Sciences, KRL Hospital, PNS Hospital and Capital Hospital.
This milestone achievement has been handed over to the Health
Directorate of the Authority for its excellent performance in the EPI
programme and the implementation of Polio Eradication initiative by
which Islamabad has become a polio-free city.
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LEGAL ADVICE. THE DECISION WHETHER OR NOT TO VACCINATE IS AN IMPORTANT AND
COMPLEX ISSUE AND SHOULD BE MADE BY YOU, AND YOU ALONE, IN CONSULTATION WITH
YOUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER.
"A foolish faith in authority is the worst enemy of truth."
-- Albert Einstein, letter to a friend, 1901
"I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves, and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education."
-- Thomas Jefferson, letter to William C. Jarvis, September 28, 1820
"What's the point of vaccination if it doesn't protect you from the unvaccinated?"
-- Sandy Gottstein
"Who gets to decide what the greater good is and how many will be sacrificed to it?"