Vaccines

IMMUNIZATION
Immunization is defined
as the procedure by
which the body is
prepared to fight against a
specific disease. It is used
to induce the immune
resistance of the body to
a specific disease.
Immunization is of two
types:
1. Passive immunization
2. Active

Why arent more patients

immunized?
Barriers
Patients

Providers

Institutions
Systems

IMMUNIZATION - VACCINATION.A LONG STORY

One of the most effective weapons in
medicine
10th century in Central Asia Smallpox Africa - Europe
1798 Edward Jenner immunizes first time against smallpox
1885 Louis Pasteur prepares the 1st vaccine against Rabbies
1927 BCG (bacillus Galmette-Guerin)
1955 Salk vaccine against poliomyelitis
1960 MMR..

Every want to do everything

possible to make sure their
children are healthy and
protected from preventable
diseases. Vaccination is .
the best way to do that

Vaccination protects children from serious illness

and complications of vaccine-preventable diseases
which can include amputation of an arm or leg,
paralysis of limbs, hearing loss, convulsions, brain
damage, and death.

Vaccine-preventable diseases, such as

measles, mumps, and whooping cough,
are still a threat. They continue to infect
children, resulting in hospitalizations and
deaths every year.

Though vaccination has led to a dramatic decline in

the number of U.S. cases of several infectious
diseases, some of these diseases are quite common
in other countries and are brought to the U.S. by
international travelers. If children are not vaccinated,
they could easily get one of these diseases from a
traveler or while traveling themselves.

1. Outbreaks of preventable diseases

occur when many peoples decide not to
vaccinate their children.

vaccination is safe and effective. All

vaccines undergo long and careful review
by scientists, doctors, make sure they are
safe.

If children arent vaccinated, they can spread

disease to other children who are too young to be
vaccinated or to people with weakened immune
systems, such as transplant recipients and
people with cancer. This could result in long-term
complications and even death for these
vulnerable people.

How Vaccines Work

When disease germs enter your body, they
start to reproduce. Your immune system
recognizes these germs as foreign invaders
and responds by making proteins called
antibodies.
These antibodies first job is to help destroy the
germs that are making you sick. They cant act
fast enough to prevent you from becoming
sick, but by eliminating the attacking germs,
antibodies help you to get well

How Vaccines Work

The antibodies second job is to protect you from
future infections. They remain in your
bloodstream, and if the same germs ever try to
infect you again even after many years
they will come to your defense. Only now that
they are experienced at fighting these particular
germs, they can destroy them before they have a
chance to make you sick. This is immunity. It is
why most people get diseases like measles or
chickenpox only once, even though they might be
exposed many times during their lifetime.

GLOBAL SUCCESS ?

HPV

vs

DTP - POLIO - MMR..

The eight Millennium Development Goals

By WHO

G 1: To eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

G 2: To achieve universal primary education

G 3: To promote gender equality and empower women

G 4: To reduce child mortality

G 5: To improve maternal health

G 6: To combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases

G 7: To ensure environmental sustainability

G 8: To develop a global partnership for development

WE CAN REDUCE
HEALTH INEQUALITIES