Japanese firm funds polio vaccinations in Laos


Aphone Vixathep (front left) and Masato Yamada display an agreement on Japanese funding for polio immunisation in Laos. - Vientiane Times/ANN

VIENTIANE: The Lao Ministry of Health and a Japanese company will partner in the provision of polio vaccinations in continued efforts to prevent an outbreak of polio in Laos.

This will be supported by funding under the Polio Vaccine Procurement Budget, which was agreed to by the Ministry of Health and Japan’s Nihon Reuse System Co., Ltd.

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