National vaccination programme

Zaanstad Facing Concerns as Child Vaccination Rate Plummets for Serious Infectious Diseases

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Zaanstad Facing Concerns as Child Vaccination Rate Plummets for Serious Infectious Diseases

In Zaanstad, the vaccination rate among children is plummeting for twelve serious infectious diseases such as measles, mumps, whooping cough and polio. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the critical limit is 90 percent. Zaanstad is far below this with 83.7 percent. In Wormerland and Oostzaan it is a lot higher at 91 percent … Read more

Rita Verdonk Sparks Controversy with Comments on Forced Vaccination: Why it is Time to Address Declining Vaccination Rates in the Netherlands

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Rita Verdonk Sparks Controversy with Comments on Forced Vaccination: Why it is Time to Address Declining Vaccination Rates in the Netherlands

As a Member of Parliament and minister, Rita Verdonk never shied away from controversial statements and she does not do so now in her political twilight years, in which she is a municipal councilor in The Hague. Verdonk took the plunge this week by not ruling out forced vaccination. Fewer and fewer vaccinations. Measles and … Read more