PHA-Exchange> The State of the World's Vaccines

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> The State of the World's Vaccines and Immunization
>
> Jointly produced by the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and the
> World Bank
> October 2002
>
>
> Available as PDF file [ 116p.] at WHO website:
> www.who.int/vaccines-documents/
> or UNICEF website at:
 http://www.unicef.org/noteworthy/sowvi/sowv_en_2002_rev.pdf
> Related press release: Low Investment in Immunization and Vaccines
Threatens  Global Health
>  <http://www.unicef.org/newsline/02pr61sowv.htm>
>
. One in four of the world's children are not inoculated against
> common, vaccine-preventable diseases such as tuberculosis, measles,
tetanus,
> and whooping cough.
>
.The report points out that while vaccines have saved billions of lives
> in the past century and are still the least expensive way of controlling
the
> spread of infectious diseases, they are not reaching the populations that
> need them most......"