Article Author: Sanofi hosts virtual Pediatric Vaccine Conference to highlight range vaccine-preventable diseases
Media Source: The News (Pakistan)
Date: 23 August 2020
In Karachi, international disease experts as well as key opinion leaders of Pakistan’s medical community addressed the third Pediatric Vaccine Conference, hosted virtually by Sanofi Pakistan. Topics discussed in the conference ranged from possible increase in polio cases in Pakistan to Meningitis and reasons for low vaccine coverage in the country. Dr. Ali Faisal Saleem, Assistant Professor at the Aga Khan University Hospital, discussed the issues behind vaccine refusal and delay in vaccine acceptance, low vaccination coverage rate in Pakistan (both pre and post COVID 19) and the need for the development of strategies.