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Transcript: NATIONAL INFANT IMMUNIZATION WEEK
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- Regulatory Intelligence Data
- Article date:
- April 20, 1999
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"The Clinton Administration has achieved remarkable success in
raising
childhood immunization rates, but too many children still are not
fully
immunized, putting them at risk for vaccine preventable diseases.
We must
redouble our efforts to make sure every child is fully immunized by
age
two - with a special emphasis on reaching minority children." --HHS
Secretary
Donna E. Shalala.
Overview: Childhood immunization was one of the earliest priorities
of
the Clinton Administration. Vaccination has been one of the 20th Century'
s
most effective tools for preventing disease and death. Today, the
world
is free of smallpox; polio has been eradicated from the ...