Preliminary Study on Restoration of the Immunization System of the Democratic Peoplesâ Republic of Korea after Reunification

Abstract

According to the ‘Immunization Summary’ published by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO), the number of infants who died within one year of life in 2013 was 8,000 in North Korea (Democratic Peoples’ Republic of Korea, DPRK) and 1,000 in South Korea (Republic of Korea, ROK) [1]. The number of infant deaths per 1,000 in DPRK is 22, the number of infant deaths under the age of 5 is 27, while ROK is 3 and 4, respectively.