V&B is periodically called upon to respond to an outbreak of a vaccine-preventable disease included in the immunization schedule. The response to the outbreak will vary greatly depending on the epidemiological situation and the disease control goals in place. As part of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, V&B takes a major role in responding to polio outbreaks, along with EHA. Details of the response to outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases occurring outside man-made or natural disaster situations are not provided here.

EPI may also be called upon to assist with immunization during a man-made or natural disaster which becomes the potential setting for an outbreak of a vaccine-preventable disease.

Measles

Poliomyelitis

Meningitis

Cholera

Other disease

 

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