April 21-28, 2012
Disease knows no borders—
Immunization protects everyone
CDC encourages all parents everywhere to have their children immunized against disease
Children in Uttar Pradesh, India showing their marked little finger after receiving the Polio Vaccine.
– November, 2011
Each year, 2.4 million children die from preventable diseases, despite the availability of effective vaccines. Millions more children survive but are left severely impaired. Vaccines have the power not only to save but also transform lives by immunizing against disease – giving children a chance to grow up healthy, go to school, and improve their lives.
Immunization is a global health priority at CDC focusing on polio eradication, reducing measles deaths, and strengthening routine vaccine delivery. CDC works closely with a wide variety of partners in more than 60 countries to vaccinate children and provide technical assistance to ministries of health to strengthen and expand countries’ abilities to create, carry out, and evaluate immunization programs.
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Tenth anniversary of Vaccination Week in the Americas
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Dr. Kevin De Cock and Dr. Mirtha Roses Periago with Haitian school children celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Week of Vaccinations in the Americas.
Haitian school children celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Week of Vaccinations in the Americas.
Dr Kevin DeCock stresses the importance of vaccinations.
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