Jamaica Gleaner Commentary published: Thursday | February 17, 2005
Worrying immunisation trends
THE WORRY expressed by public health officials, as reported in yesterday's Gleaner, about a decline in the country's immunisation rates should spur the rest of the society to move urgently to reverse this trend. For many years Jamaica has boasted one...
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