Al Jazeera
26 April 2013
Inside Story
The fight for global immunisation
Can funding keep pace with the will to vaccinate every child worldwide?

Excerpt
It is universally recognised as one of the most successful and cost effective health programmes in the world. Immunising children against a range of diseases that can cause serious illness, disability or death.

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that immunisation prevents up to three million deaths every year, but it says an estimated 22 million children worldwide are missing out on basic vaccines.

And the children’s charity UNICEF says 4,000 children will die every day and many more will fall ill from diseases that can be prevented from a simple vaccination…

(TV interviews of Kate Elder, Adel Mahmoud)

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