Why vaccines matter in 2019 paid UNICEFUSA
Held by her mother, Inna, 1-year-old Dana didn't cry when she received her first dose of measles, mumps and rubella vaccine at Children's Policlinic No. 1 in Obolon district, Kyiv, Ukraine in April 2018.Most people would assume that trust in vaccines is a given. Vaccines are a safe and effective defense against deadly diseases, as underscored every year by the World Health Organization , which estimates that .
And the trends in vaccine hesitancy are concerning. Vaccine-preventable diseases including measles and diphtheria are on the rise, with measles cases up by 30 percent worldwide. It's no surprise that in the U.S., a 2018 identified a nearly 70 percent uptick in documented parental/guardian vaccine refusals for children born in 2013, compared to children born in 2010.
Since establishing the GPEI, Rotary, UNICEF and partners are closing in on one of the greatest public health achievements in history: polio eradication. Polio will become only the second human disease — after smallpox — to be banished to our past. Female frontline health workers go door-to-door to vaccinate children against polio in Islamabad, Pakistan in May 2017.To overcome refusals when they occur, the GPEI focuses on responding to local needs and human capacity building. For example, in Pakistan, of frontline health workers in the polio eradication effort are women, as females are more trusted to enter households and interact with mothers and children to deliver the polio vaccine.
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