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Botched Vaccination Kills 15 Children in South Sudan

Botched Vaccination Kills 15 Children in South Sudan

At least 15 children have died in rural South Sudan in a botched measles vaccination campaign that saw people as young as 12 years old administering vaccinations, reports say. South Sudan’s health ministry on Friday blamed the deaths on human error. Health workers vaccinating the children against measles used the same syringe without sterilising it, […]

Australia to ban unvaccinated children from preschool

Australia to ban unvaccinated children from preschool

No-jab, no play. So says the Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, who has announced that unvaccinated children will be barred from attending preschools and daycare centres. Currently, 93 per cent of Australian children receive the standard childhood vaccinations, including those for measles, mumps and rubella, but the government wants to lift this to 95 per cent. […]

Australian Government to ban un-vaccinated preschoolers from childcare, kindergarten

Australian Government to ban un-vaccinated preschoolers from childcare, kindergarten

Victorian pre-schoolers will be banned from attending child care or kindergarten unless they are vaccinated, under new ‘no jab, no play’ laws to be introduced by the State Government. The new laws will be introduced within weeks and will come into effect on January 1. “Vaccinations save lives,” Health Minister Jill Hennessy said. “We are […]

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