From ARY News · Sher Muhammad · · 40s
Punjab offers free pneumonia vaccination to children
Punjab chief minister urges parents to vaccinate children under five against pneumonia.
In brief
Punjab chief minister urges parents to vaccinate children under five against pneumonia. Punjab government provides free pneumonia vaccines to children under two to prevent deadly disease. Originally reported by ARY News.
Punjab chief minister urges vaccination
Punjab chief minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif urged parents to ensure children under five receive pneumonia vaccination.
“The CM remarked that the day served as a reminder that no one should lose their life to a preventable disease in her message on World Pneumonia Day”
Free vaccines under EPI program
Punjab government provides free pneumonia vaccines to children under two through provincial Expanded Programme on Immunization.
“Under the provincial Expanded Programme on Immunization EPI pneumonia vaccines were being administered free of charge to all children under the age of two”
Vaccination saves lives
Prompt vaccination prevents deaths among children and elderly, especially during winter season.
“She pointed out that millions of children and elderly people worldwide have lost their lives due to the fatal disease pneumonia every year”
Here's the gist
Punjab government provides free pneumonia vaccines to children under two to prevent deadly disease.
