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It is thought that the mass vaccination programme could eventually save 700 lives a year.

Work is under way to investigate the role of mass vaccination.

A small number of people will die in mass vaccinations no matter which strain is used.

This outbreak occurred several years after the mass vaccination of our own population.

"Mass vaccination is the only way to stop the plague.

We had what was meant to be a mass vaccination programme organised without any regard for common sense.

In addition, there was also a mass vaccination against typhoid.

In the mid-1980s, a mass vaccination campaign for children under five years of age was under way.

While precautionary measures were taken they did not include mass vaccinations.

Mass vaccinations were not enough to stop all viral transmission.

Mass vaccination is not considered the appropriate medical response to an outbreak of smallpox.

But even critics of the disease control agency's plan are not necessarily advocating a return to mass vaccinations.

We are hoping that it will be possible to carry out mass vaccinations using the new vaccine during the summer season this year.

In that campaign, mass vaccination was not needed.

Mass vaccinations would almost certainly be needed, and the public would surely demand no less.

"But then when you talk about these mass vaccination clinics, it's hard to think about."

Mass vaccinations can wait, especially since accelerated research is under way to produce a safer vaccine.

The mass vaccination plan leads to some organizational concerns.

Advocates for safety reforms in the mass vaccination system and safer vaccines.

Abascal ordered mass vaccinations in Lima, but without much success.

But public-health experts maintain that a mass vaccination program is unwise.

Federal officials said the rising criticism played no direct role in shaping preparations for mass vaccinations.

Following mass vaccinations, disease detection and containment were central to the eradication campaign.

Following the development of vaccines in the mid-1950s, mass vaccination campaigns took place in many countries.

They also opposed other public health programs, notably mass vaccination and mental health services.

"If we mean to do a mass immunisation, we shall need to get organised, and that will take the rest of the day.

Trench latrines were dug; water supplies delivered by tankers, and mass immunisation programs begun.

Not large hospitals, for which there will not be enough staff or resources, but more mass immunisation, more primary health clinics, more mobile health clinics.

Even if the money and the knowledge were available to produce a vaccine for mass immunisation, public opinion could still determine whether genetically engineered viruses will treat HIV in the future.

As a result, RIOKOZ of the Ministry of Health completed a mass immunisation campaign of children in Plovdiv by the end of October 2006.

One of its main results: "We could not identify studies assessing the effectiveness of MMR that fulfilled our inclusion criteria even though the impact of mass immunisation on the elimination of the diseases has been largely demonstrated."

Its authors concluded, "Existing evidence on the safety and effectiveness of MMR vaccine supports current policies of mass immunisation aimed at global measles eradication in order to reduce morbidity and mortality associated with mumps and rubella."

The title of the documentary film The Final Inch refers to the fact that polio, which can paralyse a child for life within hours, is on the brink of being eliminated-thanks to mass immunisation, the world is mere "inches" from achieving that ultimate achievable goal.