Progress for Children (No. 3)
Immunization does not simply raise the chances that children will resist disease: it virtually guarantees that they will. But millions of children remain unimmunized, and each year 1.4 million children under five die from diseases that are entirely preventable. This volume of Progress for Children reports on immunization, a key to the Millennium…, Get the latest data, research and analysis on the issues affecting children around the world, Browse all UNICEF publications, Discover our latest reports and explore by topic. September 2005, A REPORT CARD ON IMMUNIZATION NUMBER 3, SEPTEMBER 2005 PROGRESSFOR CHILDREN 2 Immunization MANY MORE LIVES TO SAVE 1 Foreword IMMUNIZATION REMAINS VITAL TO CHILD SURVIVAL 14 South Asia IMPROVEMENT NEEDED 16 Middle East/North Africa ON COURSE 20 Latin America/Caribbean EQUITY STILL AN ISSUE 18 CEE/CIS REACHING THE LAST 10 PER CENT 22 East Asia/…