may 1, 1974 - Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI)

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Goals: Ensure vaccine access; reduce child mortality.

Key: Halfdan Mahler (WHO DG), UNICEF.

Achievements: DTP3 coverage <10% (1974)→86% (2019); measles deaths ↓80% (2000–22); smallpox eradicated 1980.

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