{"id":13927,"date":"2025-10-20T07:17:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T07:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cac-cl.pt\/?p=13927"},"modified":"2025-10-21T09:54:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T09:54:19","slug":"portugal-a-safe-haven-for-vaccines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cac-cl.pt\/pt\/portugal-a-safe-haven-for-vaccines\/","title":{"rendered":"Opinion Article &#8211; Portugal: a safe haven for vaccines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is an opinion article by&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fm.ucp.pt\/person\/paulo-jg-bettencourt?change-language=1\">Paulo Bettencourt<\/a> <\/strong>&#8211; Deputy Director of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Health (CIIS), Director of the CIIS Cat\u00f3licaMed Platform, Director of the Teaching and Research Laboratory, Member of the Scientific Council of Cat\u00f3lica Medical School and Co-Founder of the Cat\u00f3lica Medical School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>At a time when medical interventions, access to healthcare, and medicines have reached an unprecedented level, groups of people are beginning to emerge who refuse such intervention.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>One of the most important tools for disease prevention is vaccination. 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