Sentence examples for were immunised against from inspiring English sources

As recently as 1974, only 5% of children were immunised against the six main vaccine-preventable diseases: polio, diphtheria, whooping-cough, tetanus, measles and tuberculosis.

In the neighbouring borough of Hartlepool, just 85% of children were immunised against measles 14 or 15 years ago, said Kelly: that figure is now more like 92 or 93%, he said.

As for claims that they had been subject to unwanted injections, all the detainees were immunised against a range of tropical and infectious diseases when they first arrived.It is difficult for an outsider to judge where the truth lies.

90% were immunised against tetanus.

Four million children were vaccinated against polio in February, and half a million children under five were immunised against measles.

§ Over 90% of Malaysian children were immunised against tuberculosis, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, polio and measles in 2008.

There was a marginal difference for recent immunisation against tetanus: 17% of relapsers had been immunised against tetanus within the previous 5 years compared with 26% of non-relapsers.

The surgeon who operated on the man had previously been immunised against the virus and health tests indicated that the immunisation had worked.

In the area of Immunisation, over 145,000 children in refugee camps and host communities will be immunised against measles while around 62,000 under five children will be immunised against polio.

"I was immunised against all ideologies.

This has meant large numbers of children have never been immunised against life-threatening diseases.