vaccine-preventable
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Vaccine-preventable describes diseases that can be avoided through immunization.
The term appears most often in public health contexts: measles is a vaccine-preventable disease, deaths from vaccine-preventable illnesses.
The compound emphasizes that these conditions need not occur if populations maintain adequate vaccination coverage.
Contagious viral rash illness
- polioParalytic viral infection
- mumpsViral gland inflammation
- rubellaViral illness with rash
- tetanusMuscle-stiffening bacterial disease
diphtheria · pertussis · hepatitis · chickenpox · smallpox · whooping cough · rotavirus · meningitis
Protective medical injection
- herd immunityWidespread resistance protecting all
- eradicationTotal elimination of something
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- epidemicWidespread disease occurrence
coverage · campaign · surveillance · mortality · morbidity · control · elimination · incidence
UN health authority
- UNICEFGlobal youth relief organization
- developing countriesNations with growing economies
- accessRight to enter
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
cold chain · outreach · coverage gaps · humanitarian · underserved · disparities · funding · initiative
Very young child
- pediatricRelating to child medicine
- schedulePlan of timed events
- boosterSomething that increases strength
- MMRCombined pediatric vaccine
doses · well-child · milestones · catch-up · series · ages · recommended · routine
measles
Contagious viral rash illness
tetanus · diphtheria · pertussis · hepatitis · chickenpox · smallpox · whooping cough · rotavirus · meningitis · pneumonia
immunization
Protective medical injection
- herd immunityWidespread resistance protecting all
- eradicationTotal elimination of something
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
epidemic · coverage · campaign · surveillance · mortality · morbidity · control · elimination · incidence · transmission
WHO
UN health authority
- UNICEFGlobal youth relief organization
- developing countriesNations with growing economies
- accessRight to enter
equity · cold chain · outreach · coverage gaps · humanitarian · underserved · disparities · funding · initiative · universal
infant
Very young child
- pediatricRelating to child medicine
- schedulePlan of timed events
- boosterSomething that increases strength
MMR · doses · well-child · milestones · catch-up · series · ages · recommended · routine · birth
vaccine-preventableinescapable
Impossible to avoid
endemic · inevitable · unavoidable · certain · universal
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