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Vaccine-preventable diseases

The burden

In 2002, WHO estimated that 1.4 million of deaths among children under 5 years were due to diseases that could have been prevented by routine vaccination. This represents 14% of global total mortality in children under 5 years of age

distribution of the estimated annual deaths from diseases that are preventable by vaccination in 2002

Selected diseases

WHO

:: Diphtheria
:: Hib
:: Hepatitis B
:: Measles
:: Meningitis
:: Mumps
:: Neonatal Tetanus
:: Pertussis
:: Poliomyelitis
:: 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