Organic mothers who refuse to vaccinate their children are blamed as deadly diseases are coming back to the West
Mothers refusing to vaccinate children are helping to bring deadly diseases back to the West as hostility to science puts the developed world at risk, according to the world’s leading immunisation chief.
Coverage against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) is higher in Zambia and Vietnam than in Britain.
Meanwhile 35 died after Italy and Romania have suffered measles outbreaks due to a drop in vaccine uptake.
The outbreak led to thousands of cases, with 17 recorded in Wales this year.
Complacency threatens the future of forms of protection that saved millions of lives, says Seth Berkley, chief executive of vaccine alliance Gavi, told The Times.
The World Health Organisation, governments and drugmakers founded Gavi to give poor countries access to vaccines. But Dr Berkley is increasingly worried about progress reversing in the developed world.’
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