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11th Annual Pneumonia and Diarrhoea Progress Report

November 17 , 2020 1393 days 745 0
  • The International Vaccines Access Centre released this.
  • According to the report, India has achieved the global target of 90% coverage of three of five vaccines.
  • These vaccines are DPT Vaccine, Measles vaccine, PCV vaccine, Rotavirus vaccine and Haemophilus Influenzae Type B vaccine.
  • India accounts to 20% of deaths due to pneumonia in the world.
  • Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh are the estimated to have majority of Pneumonia cases of the country.

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