Child Immunisation Week

Child Immunisation Week launched in Boera

Papua New Guinea has less than 75 per cent of immunisation coverage, while these two districts and a few others have even lower rates with the Hiri and Kairuku scoring only 44 per cent.

Having a low immunisation coverage rate means a high percentage of children are not protected against preventable diseases such as measles, pneumonia, Tuberculosis, whooping cough, hepatitis B, diphtheria and meningitis.