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    ARMENIA TO INTRODUCE NEW VACCINE FOR CHILDREN

    03.03.2014 16:38 epress.am

    Armenia's Ministry of Healthcare plans to introduce a pneumococcal
    vaccine for children. The issue was discussed at a board meeting of
    the ministry today.

    "We definitely have to implement this program. The arguments brought
    forth are quite convincing. As a result of [administering] the vaccine,
    we will have a decrease in pneumonia and meningitis among children
    under 5, thereby preventing infant mortality," said RA Minister of
    Healthcare Derenik Dumanyan, according to a statement on the ministry's
    website [AM].

    Head of the ministry's national immunization program Gayane Sahakyan
    said that, according to the World Health Organization, in 2008,
    of the 8.8 million deaths in the world among children under five,
    476,000 were caused by pneumococcal infections. The mortality rate
    for children under one from pneumococcal septicemia goes up to 20%;
    in the case of meningitis, up to 50%.

    Board members today unanimously approved the program.

    http://www.epress.am/en/2014/03/03/armenia-to-introduce-new-vaccine-for-children.html

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