Two-Thirds of World’s Children Immunized
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GENEVA — Two out of every three of the world’s children are protected by vaccination against five main childhood diseases under a global immunization program, the World Health Organization said Friday.
It said 67% of children in the world receive three doses of poliomyelitis vaccine in their first year of life and 66% receive three doses of the DPT vaccine against diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus.
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