Vaccine-preventable disease

A vaccine-preventable disease is an infectious disease for which an effective preventive vaccine exists.[1][2] If a person acquires a vaccine-preventable disease and dies from it, the death is considered a vaccine-preventable death.[citation needed]

The most common and serious vaccine-preventable diseases tracked by the World Health Organization (WHO) are: diphtheria, Haemophilus influenzae serotype b infection, hepatitis B, measles, meningitis, mumps, pertussis, poliomyelitis, rubella, tetanus, tuberculosis, and yellow fever.[3] The WHO reports licensed vaccines being available to prevent, or contribute to the prevention and control of, 31 vaccine-preventable infections.[4]

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  2. ^ "Fast Facts on Global Immunization". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 20 April 2023. Archived from the original on 25 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  3. ^ "WHO | Vaccine-preventable diseases". Archived from the original on July 7, 2005.
  4. ^ "Global Vaccine Action Plan". www.who.int. Archived from the original on 2017-12-19. Retrieved 2023-09-06.