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Hi, I found this on the World Health Organization web site (info below):
"In mid-1990s, vaccines to provide "basic" coverage for tuberculosis, polio, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, and measles cost about US$ 1 per child."
As you can see, the polio vaccine is here included as part of a package of vaccines.
When you include transportation of vaccines and the labor to administer the vaccines, the price increases a great deal. According to the WHO web site, that package of vaccines along with hepatitis B and Hib vaccines can cost $20-40 per child.
See: World Health Organization Fact sheet N°288, March 2005
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs288/en/index.html
Best,
Kate G.
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