A Map Of Preventable Disease Outbreaks

This interactive map, created by the Council on Foreign Relations, uses data from health organizations and the media to create a live map of disease outbreaks. The blue dots signify areas of Mumps, green is whooping cough, orange is Polio, yellow is “other,” pink-purple is Rubella and the duller mauve refers to measles.

Perhaps what is most depressing about this map is that all the diseases are easily preventable from inexpensive vaccinations. However, economic deprivation and cultural beliefs (such as the anti-vaccination movement) mean they remain unused or unavailable.

http://www.cfr.org/interactives/GH_Vaccine_Map/index.html?cid=nlc-news_release-news_release--link2-20141023&sp_mid=47257856&sp_rid=ZWFuZHJld0BsYWJ4LmNvbQS2#map