Local June 8, 2013 - 12:32 pm

Dominican Republic among countries lagging in immunization

Santo Domingo.– Dominican Republic is among the Latin American countries lagging in immunization, according to the president of the Latin American Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (SLIPE), Dr. Jose Brea.

The country shares the list with Nicaragua, Honduras, Bolivia, Paraguay and Haiti.

Costa Rica, Panama, Argentina, Brazil and Mexico are the countries with the best immunization programs in Latin America and the Caribbean, the expert said.

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