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VACCINATION STOPPED
Posted: Wednesday, January 30, 2013
VACCINATION STOPPED
THE Ministry of Health yesterday announced the suspension of the administering of the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination to girls in primary and secondary schools, through the ministry's school-based immunisation programme.
OUCH!
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'Overgrown bushes encouraging mosquitoes'
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Boy, 10, shot in foot
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