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Vaccine status assessed by PAHO.(Brief Article)
2002 AUG 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- With 3 million deaths worldwide each year from diseases preventable by vaccination, it is not surprising that the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has a division entirely devoted to immunization programs and to vaccine development, since it is commonly accepted that vaccines are the safest and most cost-effective health interventions.
"I want to strengthen the appeal for all countries to maintain local and national vaccination programs with useful immunization coverage," said Dr. George Alleyne, director of PAHO. He has asked "all the parents, mothers, and tutors of children in all the countries of the Americas to ensure that every child under 5 is vaccinated. We are all responsible for the health of our peoples, and for protecting our children against diseases that are easily preventable by vaccination."
The division of vaccines and immunization of PAHO is in charge of promoting, coordinating and carrying out technical cooperation activities to improve vaccination programs, and strengthening programs for the production of high-quality vaccines.
According to PAHO experts, the main obstacles to complete immunization programs for all children in the Americas include the lack of political commitment, the lack of vaccination laws with specific, independent budgets to buy vaccines, and administrative problems that affect the efficient distribution of financial and human resources.
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