Outbreak of vaccine-preventable diseases in Muslim majority countries

• Main Authors: Ali Ahmed (Author), Kah S. Lee (Author), Allah Bukhsh (Author), Yaser M. Al-Worafi (Author), Md. Moklesur R. Sarker (Author), Long C. Ming (Author), Tahir M. Khan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The increase in Muslim parents' refusal and hesitancy to accept childhood vaccination was identified as one of the contributing factors in the increase of vaccine-preventable diseases cases in countries such as Afghanistan, Malaysia and Pakistan. The spread of inaccurate and irresponsible infor...