Free Hep- B vaccination
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Chandel, February 26 2014 :
Under the initiative of ART Nodal Officer of the District Hospital Dr Sr Niang, free vaccination against Hepatitis-B was administered to 30 PLHIVs of the district at the District Hospital
Chandel today.
Talking to media, Dr Sr Niang stated that vaccination programme was taken with the objective of giving awareness to the masses particularly ART clients that prevention by way of vaccination is the best way from being infected by Hepatitis-B .
She said that as the chances of Hep co-infection among PLHIVs are high, she has a plan to give free vaccination to all the ART clients or patients in the district.
Informing that today's initiative was the first phase; Dr Sr Niang said that the second phase would start after completion of administering second dose by March.