GENEVA –
The world is in 2016, one in ten babies after the birth, not vaccinated, not even against diseases such as diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough. This is evident from data of the world health organization and Unicef, on Monday, in Geneva, are presented. In total, about 12.9 million children of less than a year old. The WHO estimates that a further 6.6 million others herhalingsdoses not have gotten.
The immunisation program occurs annually 2 to 3 million fatalities due to infectious diseases which, in principle, are easy to avoid. These include, among others, polio, measles, mumps, rubella and hepatitis B. as The ‘coverage’ of an inoculation against it, as well as against the rotavirus, let global still more to be desired. The biggest problem countries are Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan, where last year 4 million children no vaccine have been given.