Immunization Information

Vaccine Preventable Disease

A vaccine-preventable disease is an infectious disease for which an effective preventive vaccine exists. If a person acquires a vaccine-preventable disease and dies from it, the death is considered a vaccine-preventable death.

In 2012, the World Health Organization estimated that vaccination prevents 2.5 million deaths each year.With 100% immunization, and 100% efficacy of the vaccines, one out of seven deaths among young children could be prevented, mostly in developing countries, making this an important global health issue. Four diseases were responsible for 98% of vaccine-preventable deaths: measles, Haemophilus influenzae serotype b, pertussis, and neonatal tetanus.

Bacterial Diseases	Viral diseases
Anthrax	Hepatitis A
Cholera	Hepatitis B
Diphtheria	Hepatitis E
Haemophilus influenzae type B	Human papiloma virus
Meningococcal infections	Influenza (seasonal, pandemic)
Pertussis	Japanese encephalitis
Pneumococcal infections	Measles
Tetanus	Mumps
Tuberculosis	Poliomyelitis
Typhoid fever	Rabies
	Rotavirus
	Rubella
	Tick-borne encephalitis
	Varicella
	Yellow fever