Emergency Vaccines SLASH Outbreak Deaths by Nearly 60%!”

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A new study by Gavi and Australia’s Burnet Institute reveals that emergency vaccination campaigns have reduced deaths from cholera, Ebola, measles, meningitis, and yellow fever by an average of 58% since 2000. 🚑💉

🌍 Key Findings:
• Overall outbreak deaths dropped by ~60% across 210 events in 49 low-income countries .
• Yellow fever deaths fell 99%, Ebola by 76%, measles by 52%, cholera by 36%, meningitis by 28% .
• Fast vaccine rollouts prevented massive economic losses—about $32 billion saved .

In the 2014 West African Ebola outbreak—with no vaccines—over 11,000 lives were lost and the economic toll reached $53 billion; emergency vaccination in later outbreaks reduced fatalities by about three-quarters .

🔍 In this video, we explore:
1️⃣ Why speed matters in outbreak response
2️⃣ How emergency vaccines changed the game
3️⃣ What this means for future global health

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