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The killer shot [1]

Tamil Nadu enjoys the top slot among the Indian states in providing healthcare. It has a 95 per cent immunisation coverage. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has certified it as a tetanus free state for neonates. No polio case has been reported here in the last four years. Also, there has been no incidence of diphtheria and whooping cough in the state. Yet, it was here that a vaccine

Publication Date: 
12/05/2008
Amarnath K. Menon [2]
India Today (New Delhi) [3]
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Children [4], Health Care [5], Immunisation [6], Vaccination [7], Measles [8], Tamil Nadu [9]
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