Vaccines in Developing Countries

So you may ask yourself

"How have we in the U.S. and other countries nearly wiped out some of the worst dieases, and those in third world countries are dying by the millions?"

Did you know that nearly 7 million children under the age of 5 die every year from infectious disease?

It goes without saying, that these developing countries don't have the finances available for the research, production, and transportation of these important vaccines. Because they are perishable, vaccines require cold chains. Cold chains are a network of refrigeration systems which keep the vaccines refrigerated. Most of these countries don't have the facilities necessary. The world Health Orginazation began creating these cold chains in the 1970's.

Additionally, these countries just don't have the funds or political movement to fund the research, fact gathering and distribution.

They are a few organizations that have stepped in such as The Childrens Vaccine Initiative Task force to try and educate and make these nations self sufficient.