{"id":9920,"date":"2025-04-25T13:54:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T13:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/?p=9920"},"modified":"2025-04-25T13:54:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T13:54:05","slug":"world-immunization-week-24-30-april-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/2025\/04\/25\/world-immunization-week-24-30-april-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"World Immunization Week, 24-30 April 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the World Health Organization (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/campaigns\/world-immunization-week\/2025\">https:\/\/www.who.int\/campaigns\/world-immunization-week\/2025<\/a>), immunization accounts for 40% of the improvement in infant survival over the last 50 years. 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