(Source: The Time of India, Goa, India)
Health minister Vishwajit Rane on Thursday said Goa will become the first state in the country to launch a Diabetes Registry of its diabetes-afflicted population in order to help the state health services to better monitor the disease in Goa.
Addressing a press conference, the health minister also announced that the free distribution of the pentavalent immunization vaccine for children below 12 months of age will soon be distributed statewide. Earlier, the vaccine was distributed free of cost only to five talukas (Pernem, Valpoi, Bicholim, Sanguem and Canacona).
Each such vaccine costs over Rs 200 in the market. The pentavalent is a 5-in-1 vaccine that combats, among other ills, hepatitis B, DPT and pneumonia in children. Since its free distribution all over Goa has financial implications to the government, the health services is awaiting the government's approval for the same. Read more
Health minister Vishwajit Rane on Thursday said Goa will become the first state in the country to launch a Diabetes Registry of its diabetes-afflicted population in order to help the state health services to better monitor the disease in Goa.
Addressing a press conference, the health minister also announced that the free distribution of the pentavalent immunization vaccine for children below 12 months of age will soon be distributed statewide. Earlier, the vaccine was distributed free of cost only to five talukas (Pernem, Valpoi, Bicholim, Sanguem and Canacona).
Each such vaccine costs over Rs 200 in the market. The pentavalent is a 5-in-1 vaccine that combats, among other ills, hepatitis B, DPT and pneumonia in children. Since its free distribution all over Goa has financial implications to the government, the health services is awaiting the government's approval for the same. Read more
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