Editorial: The emergence of cases in the UK, US and elsewhere is a warning that the progress made in curbing the disease must be protected
in 30 years, after Malawi detected a similar strain in February. The pandemic disrupted immunisation programmes already challenged by war and other instability – compounding the relative lack of progress made over the last decade. The World Health Organization and Unicef, which hoped that 2021 would be a year of recovery, recentlyinstead of the largest sustained decline in childhood vaccination programmes for about 30 years, with 6.
Assuring people that the polio vaccine is not only effective and safe but very well-established is important – as is reminding them that old foes as well as new can seriously threaten our health. So is facilitating immunisation: reminding busy parents when vaccines are available or due, and
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