200,000 Queensland Kids to Receive Free Jabs

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" 200,000 Queensland Kids to Receive Free Jabs "

Australian Associated Press (AAP) (07/12/06) Leggatt, Johanna

The government of Queensland, Australia, will offer free vaccines for

children in a bid to raise uptake rates. Officials hope to reach 200,000

children a year through the program, compared to the 108,000 administered to

students during the last academic year. Under the initiative, eighth-grade

students will receive vaccines against hepatitis B and chickenpox, while

10th-grade students will be targeted with a whooping cough vaccine. Said

State Health Minister on, " With this funding we will be able

to provide a coordinated statewide school program so that as many

adolescents as possible are vaccinated against these diseases, which put an

enormous drain on productivity. " The program is estimated to cost the

government about A$2.5 million a year.

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