VACCINATION
AWARENESS
BUILDING IMMUNITY FOR A HEALTHY TOMORROW
WHY VACCINATION IS IMPORTANT?
Viruses and bacteria that cause illness and death still exist and can be
passed on to those who are unvaccinated and unprotected. While many
preventable diseases are no longer common in the US, global travel
makes it easy for these diseases to spread
WHY VACCINATION IS IMPORTANT?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends vaccines throughout
your life to help protect against many infections. When you skip vaccines, you are
vulnerable to illnesses such as flu, measles, and HPV and hepatitis B–both leading causes
of cancer.
WHY VACCINATION IS IMPORTANT?
Like eating healthy foods and exercising, vaccines help play a vital role in
keeping you healthy. Vaccines are one of the safest preventive measures
available.
WHY VACCINATION IS IMPORTANT?
Vaccination can mean the difference between life and death
Vaccine-preventable diseases can be deadly. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic,
approximately 50,000 adults died from vaccine-preventable diseases in the US each
year.
WHY VACCINATION IS IMPORTANT?
The US has a robust approval process in place to ensure that all licensed and approved
vaccines are safe. Potential side effects associated with vaccines are uncommon and much
less severe than the diseases they prevent.
WHY VACCINATION IS IMPORTANT?
Vaccines contain either killed or weakened viruses, making it impossible to get the
disease from the vaccine.
WHY VACCINATION IS IMPORTANT?
Although infants and older adults are at increased risk for serious complications, vaccine-
preventable diseases can strike anyone, at any time. If you are young and healthy, getting
vaccinated can help you stay that way
WHY VACCINATION IS IMPORTANT?
Diseases have a direct impact on individuals and families, and also carry a high price tag for
society as a whole, exceeding $10 billion per year. An average flu illness can last up to 2
weeks, typically with 5 or 6 missed work or school days. And adults who get hepatitis A lose an
average of one month of work.
WHY VACCINATION IS IMPORTANT?
Adults are the most common source of pertussis (whooping cough), which can be deadly in
infants. Staying up to date on all recommended vaccines helps protect you and your family
as well as those in your community who are not able to be vaccinated.
WHY VACCINATION IS IMPORTANT?
In the US, millions of adults get sick from vaccine-preventable diseases each year, causing
them to miss work and leaving them unable to care for those who depend on them,
including children and/or aging parents
Vaccines and the diseases they prevent
Vaccine Disease Symptoms and effects
BCG Tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB) is an infection that
most often attacks the lungs, but in
infants and young children, affects other
organs like the brain. A severe case
could cause serious complications or
death.
TB is very difficult to treat when
contracted, and treatment is lengthy and
not always successful.
Vaccines and the diseases they prevent
Hep B Hepatitis B Hepatitis B virus is a dangerous liver
infection that, when caught as an
infant, often shows no symptoms for
decades. It can develop into cirrhosis
and liver cancer later in life.
Polio Poliovirus Polio is a virus that paralyzes 1 in 200
people who get infected. Among those
cases, 5 to 10 per cent die when their
breathing muscles are paralyzed.
There is no cure for polio once the
paralysis sets in – only treatment to
alleviate the symptoms.
Vaccines and the diseases they prevent
DTP Diphtheria Diphtheria infects the throat and tonsils,
making it hard for children to breathe
and swallow. Severe cases can cause
heart, kidney and/or nerve damage.
DTP Tetanus Tetanus causes very painful muscle
contractions. It can cause children’s
neck and jaw muscles to lock (lockjaw),
making it hard for them to open their
mouth, swallow (breastfeed) or
breathe. Even with treatment, tetanus is
often fatal.
Vaccines and the diseases they prevent
DTP Pertussis Pertussis (whooping cough) causes
coughing spells that can last for weeks.
In some cases, it can lead to trouble
breathing, pneumonia, and death.
Hib Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib) Hib is a bacterium that causes
pneumonia, meningitis and other severe
infections almost exclusively in
children under 5 years old.
Vaccines and the diseases they prevent
Pneumococcal Pneumococcal diseases Pneumococcal diseases range from
serious diseases such as meningitis and
pneumonia to milder but more common
infections like sinusitis and ear
infections.
Pneumococcal diseases are a common
cause of sickness and death worldwide,
especially among young children under
2 years old.
Rotavirus Rotavirus Rotaviruses cause severe diarrhoea and
vomiting, which can lead to dehydration,
electrolyte imbalance and shock in
young children. This can lead to death if
treatment, especially fluid replacement,
is not immediately started.
Vaccines and the diseases they prevent
MMR Measles Measles is a highly contagious disease
with symptoms that include fever,
runny nose, white spots in the back of
the mouth and a rash. Serious cases can
cause blindness, brain swelling and
death.
MMR Mumps Mumps can cause headache, malaise,
fever, and swollen salivary glands.
Complications can include meningitis,
swollen testicles and deafness.
MMR Rubella Rubella infection in children and adults
is usually mild, but in pregnant women
it can cause miscarriage, stillbirth,
infant death or birth defects.
Vaccines and the diseases they prevent
HPV Human papillomavirus (HPV) HPV usually has no symptoms, but some
strains can cause cervical cancer – the fourth
most common cancer in women. Almost all
cases of cervical cancer (99 per cent) are
caused by HPV. HPV can also cause genital
warts in both men and women, as well as
cancer on other parts of the body.
VACCINATION BY AGE
VACCINATION BY AGE
VACCINATION BY AGE
VACCINATION BY AGE
HOW MANY VACCINES CHANGE
AFTER COVID 19 VACCINE
COVAXIN® demonstrated 77.8% vaccine efficacy against
symptomatic COVID-19 disease, through evaluation of 130
confirmed cases, with 24 observed in the vaccine group versus 106 in
the placebo group. The efficacy against severe symptomatic COVID-
19 disease is shown to be 93.4%. The efficacy data
demonstrates 63.6% protection against asymptomatic COVID-19.
HOW MANY VACCINES CHANGE
AFTER COVID 19 VACCINE
Total of 25,800 subjects have been
enrolled and randomized in a 1:1 ratio to
receive the vaccine and control in a
Event-Driven, randomized, double-blind,
placebo-controlled, multicentre phase 3
study.
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