PESHAWAR, Aug 2: Anti-hepatitis vaccines will be provided to the people on discounted rates at Lady Reading Hospital during a week-long awareness campaign against the disease commencing from Aug 4, a press release said here on Saturday.

 Camps would be established at the OPD where the people, apart from getting vaccines on concessional prices, would also be given booklets and pamphlets on preventive measures to counter the disease, the press release said.

Interviews of the experts from the LRH would also be aired on radio and television.

 Apart from that a seminar would be organized on the last day of the campaign which would be addressed by Health Minister Inayatullah Khan and Secretary Health Dr Ihsanul Haq.

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