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Ghana: Implementing a dual vaccine launch – lessons from Ghana

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Source: Guardian
Country: Ghana

As the first developing country to deliver two immunisation campaigns at the same time, Ghana made history. Here are 10 lessons health officials can learn from the west African state

When Ghana announced plans for the double delivery of pneumococcal and rotavirus vaccines, the international immunisation community was happy but also nervous. The logic was clear: accelerating access to these two vaccines would provide protection from the primary causes of pneumonia and diarrhoea respectively – diseases that rank as the top two killers of under-fives in the world.

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