HYDERABAD: A total of 21,113 people were vaccinated against hepatitis-B and around 51 camps were set up for the purpose while blood samples of 8,840 persons were collected during Septe­m­ber across the province, acco­r­ding to the monthly report prepared by the Hepa­titis Prevention and Control Programme Sindh Chief Minister’s Initiatives.

Hepatitis awareness seminars were also held on the special directives of programme manager Dr Abdul Khalique Shaikh while the monitoring officer supervised the camps.

According to a press rele­ase, people were vaccinated against hepatitis-B in various areas, schools and offices of Sindh including Sukkur and Pannu Aqil, Allah Bux Model School (Pannu Aqil), district jail (Shikarpur), Bahria Town (Naushahro Feroze), Goth Hashim Umrani (San­ghar) and Syed Welfare Hos­pital (Tando Allahyar).

Published in Dawn, September 29th , 2015

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