Ayanna Haskell
SOC 202
December 4, 2009
The global death of measles between 2008 and 2008 has dropped by 78% due to mass childhood vaccination campaigns. But there is now fear that the deaths will rise because of lets efforts of immunization compliance is falling. There were only 164,000 deaths in 2008, down form 733,000 in 2000. this is based off the U.S based Measles initiative who assists organizations such as UNICEF and the World Health Organization. 3 out of of every 4 deaths from measles were from India in 2008. The funding gap will be an estimated $59 million dollars in 2010, this money would otherwise help keep vaccination rates. Its a global progress to try and fill this gap because children are dying form a “preventable” infection. Some believe the rise in measles deaths is also because there is fear that the vaccination will cause autism. The goal is to reduce the percentage by 90% between 2000 and 2010.
This is the most news I have heard on the case of measles in a long time. Its good to see that the number of measles cases has dropped so much. I think at this rate there should be no reason to stop reducing the numbers. If the gap is filled and a lot of effort is put into helping UNICEF and the WHO steps in then there should be no reason for the numbers to increase. Although I do believe more testing should be done if there is a possibility for autism in the vaccine, but you have to think of the well being of the child.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5B24OS20091203
2 comments:
I can honestly say that I had no idea that measles were still around. Great post!
i didn't know that measles were still a threat to people these days at all either. vaccinations are a big deal and should be taken seriously.
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