Vaccine-preventable diseases

The burden

In 2008, WHO estimated that 1.5 million of deaths among children under 5 years were due to diseases that could have been prevented by routine vaccination. This represents 17% of global total mortality in children under 5 years of age

• distribution of the estimated deaths among children under 5 years of age, from diseases that are preventable by vaccination in 2008

Selected diseases

WHO

• Diphtheria
• Hib
• Hepatitis B
• Measles
• Meningitis
• Mumps
• Neonatal Tetanus
• Pertussis
• Poliomyelitis
• Rotavirus
• Rubella and CRS
• Tetanus
• Tuberculosis
• Yellow Fever

Some diseases, including poliomyelitis, measles and maternal and neonatal tetanus, have specific goals for eradication or elimination:

• Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus (MNT) elimination
• Polio eradication
• Measles initiative