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Immunizations - childhood vaccination programme - Background information
What are the diseases covered by the childhood immunization programme?
This section gives a brief description of the diseases prevented by the Childhood Immunization Programme and how common they are. For further information on the historical prevalence of these diseases, and the impact vaccination has had on them, see Supporting evidence.
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