17 Nov Prevention is key message on World Pneumonia Day!
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The second World Pneumonia Day activities in Lagos, Abuja and most other major cities in Nigeria on Friday November 12, 2010, was essentially to buttress the message about the need for protection, treatment and prevention of infants and young children from infection with the pneumococcal bacteria which causes pneumonia and other pneumococcal disorders.
The Nigerian government is already at advanced stage including the HiB and pneumococcal vaccines into the national immunisation programme with support from the Global Alliance for Vaccine Initiative (GAVI).