10 interesting facts about the vaccine, about which few people know

From 23 to 29 April held European Immunization Week - an annual event by the World Health Organization. Its purpose in disseminating information about the importance of vaccination for the health and well-being of people. This year's theme: "Our common defense, # VaktsinyRabotayut".

Today vaccination It is one of the most effective measures to combat the spread of deadly diseases. Thus, according to WHO, there are more than 19 million unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated children who are at serious risk. It is noted that one in ten of such a child is likely to have never been observed in the health system.

Editorial Kolobok.uaI collected the most amazing facts about the vaccine, about which few people know.

• Vaccination is possible to annually save 2.3 million lives around the world. It allows you to prevent at all ages deaths from dangerous diseases such as tetanus, pertussis, measles , diphtheria, and many other diseases.

• According to WHO estimates, number up to 59 000 by neonatal tetanus deaths decreased from 790 000
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  deaths in 1988. maternal and neonatal tetanus by 2017 virtually eradicated in the Americas and Southeast Asia.

• Global measles mortality has declined worldwide over the past 15 years by 79%- c 651 600 deaths in 2000 to 134200 in 2015.

• In 2016, the American region was declared entirely free from measles. This is the result of 22 years of work - mass vaccination of the population of the Americas against mumps, measles and rubella.

• The world is closer than ever to eradicating polio. In 2012, only three countries (Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan) in the world remain polio-endemic, while in 1988 that number had exceeded 125.

• Thanks to immunization, almost eliminated meningitis epidemicAnd on the African continent. Since December 2010, when the vaccination against the disease in 26 countries in Africa, this deadly disease is virtually eliminated.

• In the field of research and development of new vaccines in recent years has made significant progress. Thus, in 2018 will be tested the first vaccine against malaria in three African countriesIn several countries licensed vaccine against dengue, the number of drugs that are in clinical trials.

• Every year more than one million young children worldwide die of pneumococcal and rotavirus infections. Thanks to this vaccination could have been prevented.

• Immunization provides the benefits of lifelong learning, providing protection against these life-threatening diseases such as influenza, meningitis, and cancers that develop in later years.

• With vaccines can limit the spread of antibiotic resistance. Since the vaccination of humans and animals is an effective way to avoid infection and antibiotic therapy to eliminate.