The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says the Americas, including the Caribbean, is a leader in vaccinating pregnant women against influenza, a public health problem that for future mothers, new-borns, and other high-risk populations can mean severe disease, complications and hospitalisation.

PAHO said, in all, 32 of the region’s 52 countries and territories, which contain the majority of the region’s women, vaccinate pregnant women to protect them from influenza, an acute viral infection that is transmitted from person to person.

According to CMC news agency, PAHO said the influenza epidemics cause between three and five million cases of severe disease and some 250,000 to 500,000 deaths worldwide each year, noting that in the Americas, between 40,000 and 160,000 people die annually as a consequence of the disease, the majority of victims being over the age of 65.

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