Preventing pneumonia, IDAI’s Immunization Task Force adds vaccine types and schedules for children
Bisnis.com, JAKARTA – Indonesian Pediatric Association (IDAI) has changed the children’s vaccination schedule this year, and added new types, including pneumococcal conjugate 15-valent (PCV15) to prevent the smallpox. The reason, based on UNICEF data, is that one child dies of pneumonia every 43 seconds worldwide. This makes pneumonia the leading cause of death in infants … Read more