Saudi Arabia gives aid for immunization

Saudi Arabia gives aid for immunization

JAKARTA: The Saudi Arabian government donated Rp 1.95 billion
on Tuesday to the city administration to fund hepatitis B
immunization for the city's babies.

The financial assistance was handed over by Ambassador
Abdullah Hamid Halim to Governor Sutiyoso to coincide with the
launch of a hepatitis B immunization program. The ceremony was
held in front of the Kampung Melayu subdistrict office in East
Jakarta.

Some 21,000 babies who were victims of the recent flood will
be the first to obtain immunization out of the 200,000, aged up
to 11 months old, according to the City Health Agency.

Immunization is a must for a baby as once it suffers from
hepatitis B, it faces possible liver cancer when it reaches
adulthood. -- JP