Immunization against diseases of public health importance
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BENEFITS OF IMMUNIZATION
Vaccines - which protect against disease by inducing immunity - are widely and routinely administered around the world based on the common-sense principle that it is better to keep people from falling ill than to treat them once they are ill. Suffering, disability, and death are avoided. Immunization averted about two million deaths in 2002. In addition, contagion is reduced, strain on health-care systems is eased, and money is frequently saved that can be used for other health service.
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Immunization systems and policy
Documents ranging from policy and resource materials such as training modules and detailed information for health workers.
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Vaccines
Information on vaccines commonly used in national immunization programmes.
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New vaccines and technologies
Information on vaccines against yellow fever, rubella, invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) disease and Japanese encephalitis.
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Accelerated disease control
Information on vaccine-preventable diseases, including poliomyelitis, measles, maternal and neonatal tetanus, yellow fever and hepatitis B.
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Linking with other interventions
Information on progress towards linking the delivery of immunization with other interventions such as vitamin A, treated bednets for malaria prevention and anthelminthic drugs.
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Site last updated 16 August 2007
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