Drop in child vaccinations a danger - The Mail & Guardian
Drop in child vaccinations a danger South Africa needs to drastically improve its data capturing, surveillance and monitoring of immunisation for children under the age of five to prevent outbreaks of measles and whooping cough — against which they are underprotected. This emerged last week from interviews with some of the country’s top paediatricians, virologists and public health specialists. They were speaking after the health department said during Global Immunisation Week that its child hexavalent and measles inoculation doses fall below acceptable targets for maximum effect. The h...
Source: mg.co.za