Global Child Immunizations at All-Time High, Despite Rising Costs

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 18:42 in Health & Medicine

More children are now immunized across the globe than ever before, according to the 2009 The State of the World's Vaccines and Immunization Report , released Wednesday. An estimated 106 million infants received vaccinations in 2008, noted the analysis published by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), and The World Bank. [More] ...

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