For the first time, childhood deaths from vaccine-preventable diseases dropped below the 10 million mark, sinking to an estimated 9.2 million deaths last year.
疫苗可预防疾病的儿童死亡人数首次下降到1000万以下,去年继续下降到920万的估计数。
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Elwell has decided her 12-year-old daughter will not be get any more vaccines, and she said she was willing to risk a vaccine-preventable disease such as measles.
Specific events, such as the resurgence of tuberculosis and the return of vaccine-preventable diseases, pointed to an alarming deterioration in basic health system capacity.