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Vaccine-related issues - Funding/money matters

March 1-7, 2004

►February 2004 - Do We Spend Too Much on Immunizations? - Health Care Policy Center, Independence Institute

 ►February 27, 2004 - Alliance Sets Goal to Increase Child Vaccinations - Reuters via Yahoo! - "The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) and The Vaccine Fund, its financial arm, hope to raise $400 million annually from governments and private sources to immunize 30 million children against diseases such as polio, hepatitis and yellow fever...'Our goal is to allow every child, everywhere in the world access to immunizations,' Jacques-Francois Martin, the president of The Vaccine Fund, said at the London launch of the campaign."

February 23-29, 2004

none selected this week

February 16-22, 2004

►February 22, 2004 - Public health campaigns 'are a waste of money' - The Independent, UK - "The Department of Health is spending millions of pounds on public health campaigns without any evidence they actually work, an official report will conclude this week."

►February 18, 2004 - Supervisors cut public health - 10,000 across county to see cuts to services - Record Searchlight via www.redding.com

►February 16, 2004 - Brown confronts aid target critics - The Guardian, UK - "'We must act, not only because it is morally right but because it is now essential for stability and security,' they argue...By finding an extra $140m (£74m) a year for the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation, the Treasury estimates 2 million children's lives could be saved annually. The GAVI, backed by Bill Gates, the billionaire founder of Microsoft, is estimated to have saved 500,000 lives since it began in 2000."

February 9-15, 2004

►February 13, 2004 - Medicine Gets Cheaper - Whatever it cost to develop the whooping cough vaccine or to distribute it free, the cost must surely have been dwarfed by the economic gains that came from freeing up mothers to engage in other pursuits. - Forbes

January 26 - February 8, 2004 (2 weeks combined due to illness)

►February 4, 2004 - Health agencies' Medicaid funds cut - Kentucky's action will jeopardize services, local departments warn - The Courier-Journal - "Kentucky has cut Medicaid funds it provides to local health departments by as much as 16 percent — a move officials in several counties said could force them to reduce services such as prenatal care, immunizations, family planning and school nurses."

January 19-25, 2004

►January 22, 2004 - Compo warning over vaccines - The West Australian - "The Federal Government could face huge compensation claims if children get sick because their parents could not afford to pay for vaccinations, a consumer group has warned."

►January 21, 2004 - Some savings cited by Gov. Riley - AP via The Tuscaloosa News - Save $955,474 by reducing nursing staff in immunizations and child health programs, reducing school lunchroom inspections, and reducing health education programs in schools.

►January 21, 2004 - Vaccine changes confuse parents - The West Australian - "WA parents wanting to have their children immunised are confused and out of pocket because of recent changes to government-funded vaccines, say experts...They have warned this could lead to lower coverage rates and a resurgence in dangerous diseases."

January 12-18, 2004

►January 16, 2004 - State Health Director Redirects Funds For Use For Immunizations - Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment - "Colorado's 15 local health departments recently received nearly $400,000 in additional funds to help enhance their efforts to provide immunizations to children to protect them from childhood diseases...Douglas H. Benevento, the executive director of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, said that he directed that the funds, which were to have been used for other public health purposes, be used instead to improve and expand immunization programs across the state."

►January 15, 2004 - Health data hint cuts may be made - State officials say document uses outdated figures - The Boston Globe - "Public health advocates yesterday released a document they say shows the state is weighing deep cuts in the budgets of such core medical initiatives as childhood immunizations and community health centers."

January 5-11, 2004

none this week

December 29, 2003 - January 4, 2004

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