Challenges notwithstanding, immunization must go on

The Manila Times 30 Aug Philippines

A SEVEN-month-old girl from Dumanjug, Cebu, died of acute respiratory failure two weeks after receiving a measles-rubella vaccination. It is always a tragedy when a child dies, this being no exception. Local health officials are investigating. For immunization advocates in general, and local authorities in particular, the death of the child couldn’t have come at a worse time. Vaccine hesitan

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