A 2 page proposal for Canadian health care that argues that immunizations for all 13 preventable disease should be made available to all Canadian children. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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access to all recommended immunizations (Lai, 2003; Geddes, 2004). But while this move has been applauded by health care professionals, Manitoba Premier Gray Doer has also pointed out that the
funds supplied thus far are insufficient for an expanded immunization program, and is particularly deficient in that it leaves provinces to decide whether or not to upgrade their programs
from their own financially strapped budgets or to make the shots free of charge only to low-income earners (Geddes, 2004). The following proposal for the Canadian health care system submits
that it is economically advantageous to immunize all children with all 13 of the recommended vaccines. While pressure is mounting to ensure that all Canadians have access to the
same immunization coverage, thus far, cover remains uneven (Sibbald, 2003a). This is primarily due to the fact that immunization is a provincial/territorial responsibility (Sibbald, 2003a). Vaccines have been proven conclusively
to be the most cost-effective heath care intervention, as these shots prevent millions of children and adults from contracting potentially disabling infectious diseases (Naus and Scheifele, 2003). Most Canadian children
receive the basic 9 vaccinations, but 4 newer vaccines are also recommended. These vaccines immunize against meningococcal infection, penumococcal infection, varicella and adolescent/adult pertussis (Naus and Scheifele, 2003). Many experts
feel that another area in which increased immunizations may be called for is in regards to vaccinating against influenza (Sibbald, 2003b). Naus and Scheinfele (2003) report that many
Canadian health care professionals feel that strides that were made in the last several decades toward providing access to vaccines have been replaced by societal paralysis. They consider it deplorable
that in many provinces, the parents of newborn children have to consider whether or not to pay for vaccines out of their own pockets or take the chance of