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Child Vaccination ICC Vaccination Statistics:
Thousands of boys and girls, living on the island of Hispaniola, suffer from diseases that could easily be prevented. One out of every eight children will not live to see their fifth birthday because a preventable disease will claim their precious, young lives. People living in undeveloped countries, like Haiti, who are malnourished and live in close quarters, stand the greatest chance of contracting highly contagious diseases. The conditions that accompany poverty, although not the cause of disease, certainly contribute to their ability to spread. Fortunately, effective treatments and medications, which have eradicated many of these preventable diseases in North America, can also produce the same positive results in Haiti. The crowded slums of Port-au-Prince and the remote villages of rural Haiti are breeding grounds for disease; the result of poor sanitation, inadequate nutrition and overcrowding. In an effort to control the spread of disease and to eradicate the factors which cause so much pain and suffering, one of the main initiatives carried out by International Child Care is child inoculation. Not only does International Child Care have a leading role in the prevention and cure of tuberculosis through the national TB program, ICC also inoculates against other highly contagious childhood diseases including diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, polio and measles. ICC Vaccination Statistics:
Miles de niños inocentes en la isla de Hispanola, sufren de enfermedades que pudieran ser prevenidas muy fácilmente. De verdad, uno de cada cinco niños en Haití no va a vivir por disfrutar su quinto cumpleaños porque una enfermedad prevenible va a tomar su vida. Gente que vive en países menos desarrollados quienes sufren de la mala nutrición y viven en condiciones abarrotados tienen un riesgo elevado de contratar estas enfermedades contagiosas. Las condiciones que acompañan la pobreza, aunque no son la causa de la enfermedad, contribuyen a su habilidad de mover a otra gente. Agraciadamente, los tratamientos efectivos y medicaciones, que habían erradicados muchos de las enfermedades prevenibles en América del Norte, también pueden ser efectivos en Haití. Los barrios abarrotados de Port-au-Prince y los pueblos remotos de Haití rural son llenos de la enfermedad; el resulta de malas servicios sanitarios, la nutrición inadecuada y el abarrotamiento. En una fuerza de controlar la propagación de la enfermedad y por destruir los factores que causan mucho dolor y sufrimiento, una de las iniciativas principales hechas por Internacional Child Care es la vacunación juvenil. Internacional Child Care no solamente tiene un papel principal en la prevención y la cura de tuberculosis por su programa internacional de TB, pero ICC también vacuna contra otras enfermedades muy contagiosas de la niñez como díptera, tétano, la tos convulsiva, polio y mésales. ICC Vaccination Statistics:
Thousands of boys and girls, living on the island of Hispaniola, suffer from diseases that could easily be prevented. One out of every eight children will not live to see their fifth birthday because a preventable disease will claim their precious, young lives. People living in undeveloped countries, like Haiti, who are malnourished and live in close quarters, stand the greatest chance of contracting highly contagious diseases. The conditions that accompany poverty, although not the cause of disease, certainly contribute to their ability to spread. Fortunately, effective treatments and medications, which have eradicated many of these preventable diseases in North America, can also produce the same positive results in Haiti. The crowded slums of Port-au-Prince and the remote villages of rural Haiti are breeding grounds for disease; the result of poor sanitation, inadequate nutrition and overcrowding. In an effort to control the spread of disease and to eradicate the factors which cause so much pain and suffering, one of the main initiatives carried out by International Child Care is child inoculation. Not only does International Child Care have a leading role in the prevention and cure of tuberculosis through the national TB program, ICC also inoculates against other highly contagious childhood diseases including diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, polio and measles. |
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