Posted by AuntieMel on September 14, 2005, at 15:02:27
In reply to Re: Vaccine plan 'will save millions' » AuntieMel, posted by Nickengland on September 14, 2005, at 13:25:39
I have no qualms about spending the money to provide vaccinations. All I am saying is that it seems like it should be able to be done for much less than 400/kid.
I wasn't too clear. CDC and others send people village to village to teach locals how to vaccinate. They also provide the vaccines. A very close family member of mine was one of the folks sent out to do polio vaccines (CDC goal is to wipe out polio) to teach. This was a few years ago.
It was quite successful. From their web site:
"The Global Polio Eradication Initiative, spearheaded by the World Health Organization, Rotary International, the CDC and UNICEF, was begun in 1988. That year, an estimated 350,000 children were paralyzed with polio worldwide; in 2004, polio cases had fallen to just over 1,200 cases globally."
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/events/polio-vacc-50th/default.htm
There are successes in other diseases, too. CDC works with several other orginazations, including GAVI and WHO.
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