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More than 22 million children worldwide do not receive basic vaccinations in 2011, says WHO

06/11/2012

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Last year, four out of five received the recommended doses
 
More than 22 million children worldwide not received, in 2011, the three doses of diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis, considered essential during the first year of life. The data are from WHO (World Health Organization).

According to the survey, about half of these children live in India, Indonesia and Nigeria, where immunization programs are hampered by problems such as insufficient supply of doses and lack of access of vulnerable populations.

The balance sheet indicates that the global childhood immunization progressed in the last two years, since 40 years ago, less than 5% of children worldwide were immunized against the three diseases. Last year, four out of five received the recommended doses.

"Vaccinating these children to protect them against diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough, and chicken pox, polio and other preventable diseases, it is vital to keep them alive and healthy," the organ.

It is estimated that 130 million children are born every year worldwide and immunization programs save life from 2 million to 3 million of them.

The WHO noted that enhance childhood vaccination is a crucial task for which can achieve one of the Millennium Development Goals, which deals with the two-thirds reduction in deaths of children under 5 by 2015 (compared to 1990).



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