Isn’t the world a better place now for children to grow up ? br New vaccines are being developed all the time to protect them, and keep them healthy br It’s a beautiful world...isn’t it ? br Well, actually, no br The figures don’t add up to such a rosy picture br Let’s do some numbers juggling.... br Children are now protected with 11 vaccines - up from six vaccines a decade ago br The price of vaccinating a child has sky-rocketed br It cost USD1.37 to vaccinate a child ten years ago, now it’s USD38.80 br That’s a whopping 2,700 per cent increase.