Vaccines to keep her smiling
Gabriela waves nurse Carmen goodbye with a smile on her face. When she turned 1 year old, she was given the MMR vaccine (against measles, mumps and rubella). : “She is stronger than the shot”, her mom says. Gabriela plays, pronounces short words, and moves her shoulders restlessly, imitating a dance she has learned at home. During her first year…, Information about vaccination in Cuba, UNICEF Cuba supports the efforts of the Cuban Ministry of Health’s National Immunization Programme to eliminate and control vaccine-preventable diseases. Since the 2000s, UNICEF has supported the National Immunization Programme through the procurement of MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine doses that are not produced in the country and are…