India protects more than nine million children against a viral killer
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Run time: 23 minutes. Copyright 2006, Rockhopper.
Travel back to rural India for a follow-up to the BBC World’s Kill or Cure? Japanese Encephalitis 2005 documentary, which chronicled one of the country’s worst outbreaks of Japanese encephalitis. Determined to act before the next year’s monsoon season, the Government of India responded with an ambitious immunization campaign to protect millions of vulnerable children. Vaccine of Hope reveals how the government worked with international partners, including PATH, to protect high-risk communities with unprecedented speed.