Checking the immunisation record
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Tuesday, 05 July 2011
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Doctor Hanintsoa Rakotoarimanga checks a mother’s immunisation record before giving the pentavalent vaccine at a health point in Isotry, a district of Madagascar’s capital, Antananarivo.
One of the antigens in the pentavalent vaccine protects against Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib). Causing both pneumonia and meningitis, Hib is the third biggest vaccine-preventable killer, killing 260,000 children under five each year, according to WHO data.
Photo and caption courtesy: GAVI