Vaccination Gaps Threatening Region

Vaccination Gaps Threatening Region

(Stock Photo) An average of seven per cent of children in the region, known as “zero-dose children” are not receiving any routine vaccines against vaccine-preventable diseases, such as polio or measles. Representative for UNICEF Eastern Caribbean, Pieter Bult, made...
Vaccine Coverage Hit By COVID-19

Vaccine Coverage Hit By COVID-19

(Stock Photo) Barbados’ Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) saw a fall-off in the number of routine immunizations for children, including that of the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. While this is a cause for...

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