Vaccination: Considerations to acceptance and refusal
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Vaccination is one efficient and crucial tool for preventing and controlling disease. This short review questions what factors lead to acceptance and refusal of vaccines in society. This editorial has 4 sub-bab:
1) CULTURAL FACTORS INHIBITING IMMUNIZATION PROGRAM
2) POLITICAL PROPOGANDA INHIBITING IMMUNIZATION PROGRAM
3) IMMUNIZATION IN PROGRESS, and
4) POTENTIAL CHALLENGES.
Received: 15 January 2018; Reviewed: 23 January 2018; Received in revised form: 22 February 2018; Accepted: 28 February 2018.
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