Anti-measles drive opens today

Published January 26, 2015

LAHORE: A special anti-measles drive starts in the province from Monday (today) which will continue till Feb 9.

More than 28 million children from six months to 10 years of age will be vaccinated during the drive for which the health department has constituted around 16,000 teams.

In a statement issued here on Sunday, Adviser to Chief Minister Punjab on Health Khawaja Salman Rafiq said the the campaign would cost more than Rs 2.7 billion.

Published in Dawn January 26th , 2015

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