Haryana: Electronic equipment for ASHA workers to keep tab on Vaccination

He said the disease caused through pneumococcus bacteria resulted in the death of about 16 per cent children by pneumonia in the country.

"UNICEF has agreed to provide this vaccine at cost price which would be borne by the state government," he said.

Vij said the vaccination would be made available in government hospitals within next 2-3 months and it would help in reducing infant mortality rate. Fewer pneumonia patients be admitted to hospitals and there would no financial burden on the poor, he added.

Speaking on the occasion, UNICEF representative, Louis Georges Arsenault, said every day more than 2,500 people got affected with this disease and to control this, UNICEF had started the campaign to reach out every single person.

Mission Director, National Health Mission, Haryana,, Amneet P Kumar, and Arsenault signed the agreement, the release said.