Visible public health leadership needed to boost vaccine coverage

(SAGE) Public health expert Professor John Ashton is calling for local directors of public health to provide visible leadership to address the recent systematic deterioration of vaccine coverage levels. Writing in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, he describes recent falls in the uptake of other preventative programs, including bowel, breast and cervical cancer and aortic aneurysm.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news