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Ghana Launching Childhood Immunization Campaign For Rotavirus, Pneumococcal Disease
"[S]tarting this week, Ghana will vaccinate the first babies in a new campaign against rotavirus -- a cause of severe diarrhea -- and pneumococcal disease, which causes pneumonia, meningitis and sepsis," Reuters reports. The GAVI Alliance is supporting Ghana's Expanded Programme on Immunisation in launching the campaign, the news service notes, adding, "While the immediate benefits of vaccinating children against these killers are clear in terms of saving lives and reducing disease, Ghana is also looking at long-term pay-back."
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