Campaign: Mother and child week from Nov 4

As many as 101,109 pregnant women to be provided with preventive vaccination in Bahawalpur district.


Our Correspondent November 02, 2013
Campaign: Mother and child week from Nov 4

BAHAWALPUR: “As many as 101,109 pregnant women will be provided with preventive vaccination during a mother and child health week in Bahawalpur district starting from November 4,” DCO Imran Sikandar Baloch said on Friday. Speaking at a meeting, Baloch said 198,263 children under two and 313,383 children between two and five years would also be vaccinated. He said children’s health was dependent on their mothers. “It is important that the mothers are looked after,” he said. The health EDO said the significance of mother and child healthcare would be spread among the people through the campaign.  National Coordinator Azizur Rehman said majority of the newborns in the country were underweight. He said the week was celebrated twice a year to save human lives.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 2nd, 2013.

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