1. Immunization prevents between 2-3 million deaths every year:
Immunization prevents deaths every year in all age groups from diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), and measles. It is one of the most successful and cost-effective public health interventions.
2. More children than ever are being reached with immunization:
In 2010, an estimated 109 million children under the age of one were vaccinated with three doses of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP3) vaccine. These children are protected against infectious diseases that can have serious consequences like illness, disability or death.
3. An estimated 19.3 million children under the age of one did not receive DTP3 vaccine:
Seventy percent of these children live in ten countries, and more than half of them live in WHO’s Africa and South-East Asia regions.
4. Over 1 million infants and young children die every year from pneumococcal disease and rotavirus diarrhoea. A large number of these deaths can be prevented through vaccination.
5. Public-private partnerships facilitate the development and introduction of vaccines:
For example, a new vaccine which prevents the primary cause of epidemic meningitis in sub-Saharan Africa, meningococcal A, MenAfriVac, was introduced in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger last year. At the end of 2011. Cameroon, Chad and Nigeria are vaccinating more than 22 million individuals with the vaccine which has the potential to eliminate the leading cause of meningitis epidemics in Africa.
6. The supply of influenza vaccines has been significantly expanded:
The expansion has been possible as a result of WHO supporting the efforts of vaccine manufacturers to produce and license influenza vaccines in 11 developing countries.
7. Global measles mortality has declined by 74%:
Global measles mortality has been reduced from an estimated 535 300 deaths in 2000 to 139 300 in 2010, thanks to intensified vaccination campaigns.
8. Polio cases have decreased by over 99%:
Since 1988, polio cases have decreased by over 99%, from an estimated 350 000 cases to 1352 reported cases in 2010. The reduction is the result of the global effort to eradicate the disease. Only three countries – Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan) – remain polio-endemic, down from more than 125 in 1988.
9. Annual deaths from neonatal tetanus have fallen:
Neonatal tetanus deaths have declined to an estimated 59 000, down from 790 000 deaths in 1988.
10. Immunization provides an opportunity to deliver other life-saving measures:
Immunization not only protects children from vaccine-preventable diseases. It also serves as an opportunity to deliver other life-saving measures, such as vitamin A supplements to prevent malnutrition, insecticide-treated nets for protection against malaria and deworming medicine for intestinal worms. In addition, the benefits of immunization are increasingly being extended across the life course to include adolescents and adults, providing protection against life-threatening diseases such as influenza, meningitis, and cancers that occur in adulthood.
Protecting your child is Your first right.
Decrease Death, Increase Life.
Do vaccinate your child.
Immunization prevents deaths every year in all age groups from diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), and measles. It is one of the most successful and cost-effective public health interventions.
2. More children than ever are being reached with immunization:
In 2010, an estimated 109 million children under the age of one were vaccinated with three doses of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP3) vaccine. These children are protected against infectious diseases that can have serious consequences like illness, disability or death.
3. An estimated 19.3 million children under the age of one did not receive DTP3 vaccine:
Seventy percent of these children live in ten countries, and more than half of them live in WHO’s Africa and South-East Asia regions.
4. Over 1 million infants and young children die every year from pneumococcal disease and rotavirus diarrhoea. A large number of these deaths can be prevented through vaccination.
5. Public-private partnerships facilitate the development and introduction of vaccines:
For example, a new vaccine which prevents the primary cause of epidemic meningitis in sub-Saharan Africa, meningococcal A, MenAfriVac, was introduced in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger last year. At the end of 2011. Cameroon, Chad and Nigeria are vaccinating more than 22 million individuals with the vaccine which has the potential to eliminate the leading cause of meningitis epidemics in Africa.
6. The supply of influenza vaccines has been significantly expanded:
The expansion has been possible as a result of WHO supporting the efforts of vaccine manufacturers to produce and license influenza vaccines in 11 developing countries.
7. Global measles mortality has declined by 74%:
Global measles mortality has been reduced from an estimated 535 300 deaths in 2000 to 139 300 in 2010, thanks to intensified vaccination campaigns.
8. Polio cases have decreased by over 99%:
Since 1988, polio cases have decreased by over 99%, from an estimated 350 000 cases to 1352 reported cases in 2010. The reduction is the result of the global effort to eradicate the disease. Only three countries – Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan) – remain polio-endemic, down from more than 125 in 1988.
9. Annual deaths from neonatal tetanus have fallen:
Neonatal tetanus deaths have declined to an estimated 59 000, down from 790 000 deaths in 1988.
10. Immunization provides an opportunity to deliver other life-saving measures:
Immunization not only protects children from vaccine-preventable diseases. It also serves as an opportunity to deliver other life-saving measures, such as vitamin A supplements to prevent malnutrition, insecticide-treated nets for protection against malaria and deworming medicine for intestinal worms. In addition, the benefits of immunization are increasingly being extended across the life course to include adolescents and adults, providing protection against life-threatening diseases such as influenza, meningitis, and cancers that occur in adulthood.
Protecting your child is Your first right.
Decrease Death, Increase Life.
Do vaccinate your child.
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