World Immunisation Week 2024 celebrates 50 years of life-saving vaccines

Vaccines have saved six lives a minute, every minute, for five decades, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).Every year, vaccines save over four million lives, making them super important not just for keeping us safe today, but also for making sure future generations are healthy.Bada Pharasi, Chief Executive for the Innovative Pharmaceutical Association South Africa (IPASA), and Professor Hannelie Meyer from the South African Vaccination and Immunisation Centre (SAVIC) at Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, say vaccines give us a brighter future.Vaccines are…