Vaccines have revolutionized children’s health in Canada. Globally, immunization saves up to 3 million children every year. So, why are so many children in sub-Saharan Africa still dying from diseases that are easily preventable with vaccines?

1. Preventing the Preventable:
Breaking Down Barriers to Vaccine Delivery in Africa
Presented by:
Amref Health Africa’s Coffeehouse Speakers Series
on global development
Featuring:
Ken Simiyu, PhD
Program Officer
Grand Challenges Canada
Dr. Billie-Jo Hardy
Scientist at the Centre for Ethical, Social, and Cultural (ESC) Risk
St. Michael’s Hospital
Dr. Jeffrey Pernica
Pediatric Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine Specialist
McMaster Children's Hospital

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3. Quotable
“Vaccines are the most cost-effective health care
interventions there are. A dollar spent on a childhood
vaccination not only helps save a life, but greatly
reduces spending on future healthcare.”
–Ezekiel Emanuel, American Bioethicist

6. “Vaccines provide a strong return on investment. And
companies recognize that when women and children
thrive, economies thrive.”
–Lois Brown, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister
of International Development
Quotable
Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2014/11/11/what-
employers-are-doing-to-counter-ebola/

8. Quotable

10. Over the last 50 years, immunization has saved more lives than
any other health measure.
Did you know?
Source: http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/im/index-eng.php

13. One in five children worldwide are not fully protected
with even the most basic vaccines.
1.5 million children die each year—one every 20 seconds
—from vaccine-preventable diseases.
Did you know?
Source: http://www.gatesfoundation.org/What-We-Do/Global-
Development/Vaccine-Delivery

15. Vaccines are often expensive.
Supply shortages.
Lack of trained health workers.
Unreliable transportation systems.
Storage facilities.
Challenges
Source: http://www.gatesfoundation.org/What-We-Do/Global-
Development/Vaccine-Delivery

17. Routine immunizations are effective in reducing overall
mortality in young children in areas of high mortality.
Did you know?
Source: http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/34/1/138.full

18. “Supply chains, distribution networks and monitoring
systems need to be strengthened to make sure health
systems can accommodate all the vaccines and achieve
the required results.”
–Dr. Thomas Cherian, World Health Organization
Quotable
Source: http://www.who.int/features/2014/immunization-south-africa/en/

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