“154 million lives saved in 50 years: 5 charts on the global success of vaccines.”

May 16, 2024

To celebrate 50 years since the World Health Assembly launched the Expanded Programme on Immunziation (EPI), IDIE’s Meru Sheel together with Dr Alexandra Hogan from UNSW, deconstructed the global analysis for this important landmark & what it means in an article on The Conversation.

The chance of living one more year is up to 44% more likely thanks to the past 50 years of vaccines, according to new research. But global drops in vaccine coverage pose a risk.

Read more about it here https://theconversation.com/154-million-lives-saved-in-50-years-5-charts-on-the-global-success-of-vaccines-229707

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