Vaccinations and media: An on-going challenge for policy makers
Journal Title: Journal of Health and Social Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
Editorial: Vaccinations have made a great contribution to global health, eradicating smallpox and rinderpest, two major infectious diseases. This public health tool has been recognized as a formidable weapon against infectious diseases. Indeed, over the last decades in industrialized countries vaccination together with improvements in housing and sanitation has produced a significant reduction in child mortality. Only clean water, which is considered to be a basic human right has given better results. However, vaccination has been also considered a victim of its own success. But, why have vaccines got a bad reputation?
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Francesco Chirico
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