Polio has a basic reproduction number (R0) = 5. The vaccine is very good; in fact, the polio vaccine is 99% effective when two follow-up booster shots are given. What proportion of a population needs to be vaccinated in order for herd imm...
In some cases, parents relied on medical supervision to ensure that their children’s nutritional needs were met: “As soon as we started introducing food, we had a nutritionist who accompanied us until he was 12 months old (…) With a child it is necessary to take a different kind of ...
This is fundamental, especially now as we are faced with an increased movement of populations across Europe, underlining the ongoing need for flexibility, resilience and crisis readiness of vaccination services. Also, medical and public health services need to adapt their responses to the needs of ...