Vaccines are ‘very effective and very safe’

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Editorial Board

August 20th, 2012

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‘Vaccines are “very effective and very safe”, yet there are a very small number of vaccine-related side effects, according to Dr Dina Pfeifer, World Health Organisation (European Region).’

Vaccination-cafeHowever, she stressed that there is a substantial difference between the risk related to the disease and the rare complications related to the vaccines that prevent such diseases.