Immunity gap

VACCINES rarely make the headlines unless there is an outbreak. This World Immunisation Week, it is a moment to reflect on how one of Pakistan’s quietest public-health successes remains one of its most consequential. Since the Expanded Programme on Immunisation began in 1978, vaccines have helped avert 2.6m child deaths, protected millions of mothers and children, and contributed to a 99.8pc reduction in paralytic polio since 1994. WHO estimates routine immunisation averts up to 17pc of child...

By none@none.com (Editorial)