WHO data shows that vaccinations remain one of the most effective methods of life protection – primarily children, but also adults. Every minute around the world they prevent six deaths. The most saved people are infants under the first year of age – each year vaccinations save the lives of about 101 million of them.
Vaccination against such diseases as measles, tetanus, pouring, tuberculosis, as well as infections caused by bacteria play the greatest role in preventing deaths Haemophilus influenzae type B, pneumonia, polio virus, hepatitis B, yellow fever, diphtheria, Japanese encephalitis or bodily encephalitis.
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Oder vaccine saved the most to live
Odra, which is one of the most infectious viral diseases, is responsible for as much as 60 percent. (i.e. 94 million) from lives saved thanks to vaccinations. WHO emphasizes that it is the Odra vaccine that will be of key importance in the future in further premature deaths.
The remaining 40 percent reduced deaths applies to other infectious diseases, with more than half of them concerned children in Africa.
The CEO of WHO, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, reminded that vaccinations allowed to completely eliminate real smallpox and significantly reduce the occurrence of polio. “Thanks to scientific research, investments and cooperation, even more human lives can be saved in the next 50 years,” he emphasized.
Only polio vaccination has saved over 20 million people in the world from lasting paralysis over the last half a century. It is estimated that people saved in early childhood lived on average 66 years, which in total translates into 10.2 trillion years of life.
- WHO warns about returning a dangerous disease. “This is an alarm signal”
WHO appeals to strengthen the vaccination program
However, WHO warns that the global vaccination program still requires strengthening-especially after the Covid-19 pandemic, which caused serious backlog. During it, as many as 67 million children did not receive one or two required doses of vaccines. In 2022, as many as 33 million children were not vaccinated against the Oder – 22 million did not take the first dose, but 11 million second.
Full protection against measles requires two doses given almost the entire population – at least 95 percent. Meanwhile, only 83 percent in the world Children received the first dose, and two – only 74 percent The result is more and more frequent bonfires, also in highly developed countries, such as the United States.
