History GCSE
Mass vaccinations
What Mass vaccinations means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Mass vaccinations
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Campaigns such as the national diphtheria campaign in 1942 and polio in the 1950s, which drastically reduced childhood mortality.
Topics that use Mass vaccinations
- Option 11: c1900–present: Medicine in modern Britain - 2 Approaches to prevention and treatment (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Government intervention
- High-tech medical and surgical treatment
- NHS
- Preventative medicine
- Antibiotics
- Magic bullets
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