Amanda O'Donnell
April 23, 2008
1:46pm
Immunization in Rwanda
It has been announced that Rwanda, a developing nation in Africa, will launch a new vaccine program to immunize 395,000 infants by the end of the year against pneumococcal disease. The announcement was made by the GAVI Alliance, with the hopes of preventing many deaths from the disease. Pneumococcal disease is very dangerous, causing the deaths of children each and every year.
Thankfully, there is a vaccine out there that can actually prevent the disease, and the hope is that it can work wonders in Rwanda. This new program marks the first of its kind for a developing country. By immunizing the children, they believe that they will be able to prevent the deaths of thousands of kids each year in Rwanda. The vaccine will protect them against pneumoccal meningitis, and will allow the kids to live healthier lives.
The GAVI Alliance is made up of many different organizations around the world, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
As the semester has gone on I have found more articles that are actually dealing with the problems at hand. For the most part all the articles are informing us of all these horrible diseases and how they are becoming epidemics and killing so many people but nothing is ever being done about it. People don't realize that a little bit can go a long way. This organization is helping a developing country so their children can be healthy children and live their lives to the fullest. This will hopefully create a some what of a healthy society which will improve their overall health and life of their country. Its all a cycle and this one country being helping out is going to have long lasting affects.
http://www.dbtechno.com/health/2009/04/23/rwanda-to-immunize-395000-infants-against-pneumococcal-disease/
2 comments:
I am glad to hear that a developing country such as Rwanda is working toward curing their people. Not too often do we hear about countries in Africa working to prevent such diseases.
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