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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