Vaccines Work

“The two public health interventions that have had the greatest impact on the world’s health are clean water and vaccines.”

World Health Organization

Pre-vaccineCases per year

Diphtheriavaccine

1942

Post-vaccineCases per year

50,804notified cases in 1941

1 case in 2014

Pertussisvaccine

1957

92,407notified cases in 1956

3506confirmed cases in 2014

Measlesvaccine

1968

460,407notified cases in 1967

130confirmed cases in 2014

Hibvaccine

1992

MenCvaccine

1999

862notified cases in 1991

12confirmed cases in 2014

883notified cases in 1998/99

28confirmed cases in 2014/15

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