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Medical
Resources :: General Medical Issues :: Life in Orphanages Abroad
Dr. Jane Aronson
International Pediatric Health Services, PLLC
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Weill Medical College
U.S. State Department Data for International Adoptions
in 2000
| Total Intercountry adoptions |
18, 441 |
| China |
5,053 |
| Russia |
4,269 |
| S.Korea |
1,794 |
| Guatemala |
1,518 |
| Romania |
1,122 |
| Vietnam |
724 |
| Based on immigrant visas issued |
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U.S. State Department Data for International Adoptions
in 1999
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Primary Receiving States for Intercountry Adoptions
1998
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Trends in Intercountry Adoption 1989 thru 1999
| 1989 |
8,102 |
| 1999 |
16,369 |
| Doubled in 11 yrs. |
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China and Russia Neck and Neck
| China |
24,005 since 1989 |
| Russia |
23,874 since 1992 |
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Pre-Adoption Issues
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Vaccines for Travel
| • Parents and children traveling abroad
need advice to keep well and happy! |
| • Hepatitis A, B, updated dT, IPV?,
Typhoid, Cholera |
• Rule of 1957: Before and After
• Check
Titers for M, M, R,V and give appropriate boosters |
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For more information about pre-adoption issues, visit the Pre-Adoption
Consultation section of this site.
For more information about vaccines, visit the Vaccines
for Parents section of this site.
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