Cabinet agreed to offer immunisations to protect Territory children up to five-years-old against Haemophilus Influenzae type b. The vaccine, which had only become available in Australia a few months earlier, helps prevent life-threatening diseases such as meningitis, pneumonia, and epiglottitis.
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