So mosquito nets, vaccinations and other steps to reduce child mortality also help to create an environment where family planning is more readily accepted.
Not surprisingly, it is to my mother that my 20-year-old son went for advice about mosquito nets, vaccinations, outdoor and sub-zero gear and how to keep out of trouble when he went around South America.
Subsequent phases which will be implemented later this year will also include the distribution of mosquito nets and vaccination against measles and polio.
Maintaining the health of children With the support of UNICEF and WHO, a vast campaign was launched in 2009 for over two million children under the age of five: administration of vitamin A, worm disinfectants, distribution of dipped mosquito-nets, plus vaccination against measles and polio.
Those interventions have included not just mosquito nets and vaccinations, but also deworming medicines and vitamin A supplements that boost children's immunity.
There may also be lessons on mosquito nets and vaccinations; on sanitation; and on how to stay safe in the sprawling camps.
It consists of the provision of vitamin A supplementation, de-worming medication, insecticide-treated mosquito nets, and vaccinations against measles and polio.
(Many preventive interventions, such as bed nets and vaccinations, are fully covered, along with treatment for HIV disease, tuberculosis, and some cancers).
Net costs of vaccination were estimated as vaccine costs and administration costs minus averted medical costs.
Accounting for the reduction in direct medical costs, the incremental net cost of vaccination was $119 million per vaccinated cohort.
