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Not only “fear of needles” makes vaccination of young children falter: “We had hoped for more”


Only 38.12 percent of Flemish five- to eleven-year-olds have had at least one injection. © David Rozing/hh

The most controversial phase of the vaccination campaign, the one for five to eleven year olds, has had much less coverage than the other phases. Just under forty percent of that target group has now received at least one shot. Why is the campaign faltering among our youngest?

Nikolas Vanhecke, Dries De Smet

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