Fighting Disease: Health At The End Of The Millennium Another Wired Curriculum from The United Nations CyberSchoolBus
Introduction How They Work How They Spread Poverty and Disease Prevention Immunization		Unit 6 Immunization QUESTIONS AND ACTIVITIES Check the Disease List to see which of the diseases there have vaccines. Can you make a list of the vaccinations you've had? Ask your parents and doctor. Bring your vaccination certificate to school and compare with the rest of the class. Report on any local immunizations initiatives. Ask other students for reactions about vaccines and injections. Gather all negative aspects of their responses (e.g. it hurts) and produce an information campaign (posters, flyers, etc.) that would put their fears to rest. Check with your school health office or your health care provider and determine what it would cost you to have the inoculations necessary to achieve immunity against the six basic disease. Then compare your findings with those of someone in another country using the e-mail. Read the sections on New Vaccines, New Costs and Patenting the Sun. Do you have any solutions to this new expensive dilemma caused by the economics of vaccine development?
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