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"We know vaccines have been a miracle for public health. Now, new research led
by the World Health Organization has found vaccines have saved an estimated 154
million lives in the past 50 years from 14 different diseases. Most of these
have been children under five, and around two-thirds children under one year
old.
In 1974 the World Health Assembly launched the Expanded Programme on
Immunization with the goal to vaccinate all children against diphtheria,
tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), measles, polio, tuberculosis and smallpox
by 1990. The program was subsequently expanded to include several other
diseases.
The modelling, marking 50 years since this program was established, shows a
child aged under ten has about a 40% greater chance of living until their next
birthday, compared to if we didn’t have vaccines. And these positive effects
can be seen well into adult life. A 50-year-old has a 16% greater chance of
celebrating their next birthday thanks to vaccines."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
