Within these countries an increase in life expectancy has been observed which can be attributed to medical innovation sparked by biotechnology and genomics (large scale vaccination programs), non-medical programs (continued education, improved literacy rate of the population) and other factors [ 16].
Table 3 displays the average reduction in lifetime cervical cancer risk for girls vaccinated at age 12 through a large-scale vaccination program, compared to the reduction in risk to women ages 24 and 30 who opt for catch-up vaccination once a vaccine becomes available.
The imprecision was among the reasons, Dr. Stöhr said, that "the agricultural community is split" on the effectiveness of a large-scale vaccination program.
In diseases like hantavirus, where so few people are infected every year, a large-scale vaccination program might not make much sense, especially from an economic standpoint, Hooper says.
In 1947, the commissioner of health of NYC reminded his peers, "Whenever a large-scale vaccination program is undertaken, there is always the possibility that there may be some unfortunate complications….
"Large-scale vaccination programs aimed at reducing and eradicating rabies programs do work in large nations".
PAGE A13 Vaccinations Urged for Birds Three international health organizations urged countries in Asia where avian influenza is spreading to consider large-scale vaccination programs for healthy birds.
Three international health organizations yesterday urged countries in Asia where avian influenza is spreading to consider large-scale vaccination programs to protect billions of healthy birds.
The committee also said that large-scale vaccination programs, such as those held at corporations and community centers, should be held in mid-October or later to reduce the chance that vaccine will not be available.
An example is the cholera vaccine, for which indirect effects play an especially large role in the cost-effectiveness of large-scale vaccination programs.
Nonetheless, for many developing countries, large-scale vaccination programs were hardly affordable, and an enormous number of chronic hepatitis virus carriers will be in need of better medication for decades to come.
