Routine immunization programs can serve as a critical platform for a nation’s global health security strategy, both because they help prevent disease outbreaks and because they have the potential to ...
As the Philippines marked the 50th anniversary of the Essential Program on Immunization (EPI) during World Immunization Week, ...
The number of children who received their routine vaccinations declined during the pandemic, so public health officials have been focusing on getting kids back up to date. They should also be paying ...
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Life-saving childhood vaccination coverage has stalled in recent decades, leaving millions of children at risk
The world has made unprecedented progress in vaccinating children against life-threatening diseases since WHO established the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) in 1974. Despite the progress of ...
Today, relatively few Americans grasp the seriousness of polio, measles and tetanus, thanks to the success of routine immunization. But those whose lives have been touched by these diseases can never ...
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'Immunization crucial to all age groups'
WHILE vaccines have traditionally been given to children, immunization is crucial to all age groups against vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs), said Dr. Anna Ong-Lim, the Vice President of the ...
More than one in six toddlers are not getting all of the doses of the recommended early childhood vaccines, according to a new study published in the journal Pediatrics on July 25. A team of ...
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