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Original Articles

Current Status of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

, MD
Pages 55-59 | Published online: 07 Jul 2016
 

Abstract

Wide use of effective vaccines has substantially reduced the morbidity and mortality from vaccine-preventable diseases. The record is not good enough, however, as indicated by 25 to 30 deaths per year from measles and almost 2,000 cases per year of pertussis. Immunization activities must be given a higher priority.

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