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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