South Asia News in brief: 28 May–10 June 2009 (SciDev.net)
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 10th, 2009
WHO backs rotavirus vaccine The WHO has recommended that routine immunisation with rotavirus vaccine be included in all national immunisation programmes to prevent deaths due to diarrhoeal disease among children — which causes more than 500,000 deaths and two million hospitalisations a year.