In 1974, high rates of vaccine-preventable disease prompted the WHO to launch EPI, the Expanded Programme on Immunization.
Half a century later, at least 154 million lives have been saved.
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Since 1974 substantial gains in childhood survival have occurred in every global region.
We estimate that EPI has provided the single greatest contribution to improved infant
survival over the past 50...