The government and the EU must explore howvaccination might be used as part of an alternative and more flexible foot-and-mouth control strategy within an agreed international framework.
The case is also very relevant in light of the continuing MMR debate and how necessary vaccination programmes are to protect worldwide populations from the disease.
Yes indeed, something very important indeed and how much does having an energy rich society contribute to vaccination by providing the refrigeration chain that keeps vaccines viable in hot climates?
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation - whose recommendations apply across the UK - has been considering how to deal with the resurgence of whooping cough.
He told the GMC hearing, which started last month, how he backed the introduction of MMR as early as 1986, at a time when Britain's measles vaccination programme was lagging behind even Third World countries.