Honduras launches nationwide vaccination campaign targeting 2.5 million people

Low immunization coverage (51%) leaves millions vulnerable to preventable diseases; campaign aims to protect vulnerable populations including children and pregnant women.

In a country where barely half the population carries the shield of immunization, Honduras has set out on May 13 to close a gap that leaves millions exposed to diseases long within humanity's power to prevent. Over two and a half weeks, the state is reaching toward 2.5 million of its people — children, elders, the pregnant, the chronically ill — with 24 vaccines and the quiet argument that collective protection is an act of mutual care. The campaign is as much a test of institutional trust as it is a logistical undertaking, arriving at a moment when governments everywhere must earn, not assume

Honduras launches nationwide vaccination campaign targeting 2.5 million people

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