18 Apr Pneumococcal diseases: call to include vaccines in NIP
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The Hindu
HYDERABAD: Medical practitioners under the banner of the Indian Academy of Paediatrics expressed concern that vaccines for pneumococcal diseases that were responsible for 40 per cent of the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) in the country that was 72 per 1,000 births, were yet to be included in the National Immunisation Programme (NIP).