KICKING OFF ANNUAL GLOBAL IMMUNIZATION CAMPAIGN, UN ASKS: 'ARE YOU UP TO DATE?'

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Date: 24 Apr 2014 18:00:01 -0400
Subject: KICKING OFF ANNUAL GLOBAL IMMUNIZATION CAMPAIGN, UN ASKS:
'ARE YOU UP TO DATE?'
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KICKING OFF ANNUAL GLOBAL IMMUNIZATION CAMPAIGN, UN ASKS: 'ARE YOU UP
TO DATE?'New York, Apr 24 2014 6:00PMWhile some 80 percent of
children around the world, or 110 million infants, are receiving
life-saving vaccinations each year, "one in five - more than 22
million children - not being vaccinated is too much for us," according
to the World Health Organization at the start of
<"http://www.who.int/campaigns/immunization-week/2014/en/">World
Immunization Week 2014.

Jean-Marie Okwo-Bele, Director of the WHO Department of Immunization,
Vaccines and Biologicals, told reporters at the UN headquarters in
Geneva that the impact of vaccines on people's lives is "truly one of
the best things that one could see out there", likening the impact to
that of providing safe water to hundreds of millions of people around
the world.

"But we can do much better," Dr. Okwo-Bele said.

Immunizations currently avert 2-3 million deaths each year from
diseases such as diphtheria, measles, pertussis, pneumonia, polio,
rotavirus diarrhoea, rubella and tetanus.

He said an additional 1.2 million deaths every year can be averted if
some of the newest vaccines, for instance against meningitis,
pneumonia and diarrhoea where these diseases occur. He said 250,000
deaths due to cervical cancer in the near future could be saved if the
vaccines are extended to all girls today.

Dr. Okwo-Bele also said polio is on the verge of eradication.
Moreover, he said measles can be eliminated all over the world.
Already, measles in Africa has gone down dramatically and the disease
is being eliminated in the Americas and in the Pacific region,
including China.

World Immunization Week, which takes place in the last week of April
every year, is an opportunity to remind families and communities how
effective vaccines can be, and to encourage people to take action to
ensure that more children, and increasingly people in other age
groups, are immunized against deadly and debilitating diseases.

This year, with the slogan
<"http://www.who.int/campaigns/immunization-week/2014/en/">"Immunization
for a healthy future. Know, Check, Protect", WHO and its partners are
encouraging people to learn more about which vaccines are needed to
prevent deadly illnesses, to check to see if their family's
immunizations are up-to-date, and to seek out vaccination services so
that all family members are protected.

Health workers will be focusing on direct communication with the
general public and Dr. Okwo-Bele said this will be done by encouraging
countries to deliver information directly to people's mobile phones
and social media accounts.

According to WHO, one important driver of the progress made to date
has been the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI), which
celebrates its 40th anniversary in May 2014. The EPI has been
established in all countries. Priority is given to some 40 nations
where routine immunization coverage is lowest, and to the districts
within those countries where children are least protected. When EPI
was established, just 5 per cent of the world's children were
receiving basic immunizations. Now this figure stands at more than 80
per cent.

In response to a reporter's question at the press conference in Geneva
Wednesday, WHO acknowledged that successful vaccination campaigns and
the disappearance or near-disappearance of diseases has bred some
complacency.

"The important thing about complacency is that the number of
susceptible people who resist or reject facts and information will
accumulate, and the disease will come back, as you're seeing in the
United States with measles and whooping cough, which are terrible
diseases," said WHO's Tracey Goodman, who works with Dr. Okwo-Bele.

She was referring to the recent outbreak of measles in the United
States, where reportedly more than 100 cases in 13 states were
reported by mid-April, the bulk of them in California and New York
City.

"As soon as people see diseases return, people realize they could have
done something," Ms. Goldman told reporters, "It's a tragedy that
could be avoided."Apr 24 2014 6:00PM
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