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Mandatory child vaccination
Lessons to be learnt from other countries about mandatory child vaccination
BMJ 2012; 344 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.e4036 (Published 19 June 2012) Cite this as: BMJ 2012;344:e4036- Denes Stefler, PhD student in cardiovascular epidemiology1,
- Raj Bhopal, Bruce and John Usher professor of public health2
- 1Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
- 2Centre for Population Health Sciences, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
- steflerdenes{at}yahoo.com
Salisbury argues against mandatory vaccination in the UK and suggests that compulsion is not necessary if immunisation coverage is above a “sufficiently high” level.1
In 2010 we published a comparison of disease control systems, including childhood vaccination, between Scotland and Hungary.2 In 2007, vaccination coverage rates for …
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