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Article: Public Health (HBV) Campaign Promoting Hepatitis B Vaccine a Success in Kenya
- Article from:
- Hepatitis Weekly
- Article date:
- June 1, 1998
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The hepatitis B vaccine promotion ongoing in Kenya is such a success, hospital stocks have to be replenished frequently.
According to an article in The Nation newspaper ("Hepatitis B Vaccine Is in High Demand in Kenya," May 15, 1998), one Nairobi Hospital official said, "People are responding positively to the campaign against hepatitis B." The program only began in early May.
Full immunization comprises a series of three shots: the second dose follows ...