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Vaccine
Vaccine
# VA C C G I N E R N
SEMINAR
BSPCP5A
Objectives:
To define Vaccines and its importance
To cite the advantages and disadvantages of Vaccines
To give examples of Vaccines
To convince the public to get vaccinated and immunized
Vaccines
Are preparations of killed microorganisms, living attenuated
organisms, or living fully virulent organisms that is administered to
produce or artificially increase immunity to a particular disease
Contains weakened or killed pathogen from which our immune
system can produce antibodies against them, preparing our body
from future infections.
Advantages of Vaccines:
• Provides Herd Immunity
• Protects people from a deadly disease
• Cost – Effectiveness
• Eradication a disease
CAN YOU IMAGINE OUR WORLD
WITHOUT VACCINES?
Consequences of not having Vaccinations:
• Failure to provide herd immunity to unvaccinated
people
• Vulnerability to a deadly disease upon exposure
• Costly medical treatments and hospitalizations
• Can create an outbreak of disease or even Pandemic
STATISTIC ACQUIRED FROM
Without Vaccines
Over 2-3 million vaccine preventable
deaths will occur per year
VARIOUS PROBLEMS THAT MAY OCCUR
WITHOUT VACCINE IMMUNIZATION
MEASLE CASES IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
REGION, PHILIPPINES
MEASLES 20,827 2,428 716 619 58,848 2920 1536 7120 42,938
MUMPS _ _ - 5 - - - - -
PERTUSSIS 339 88 29 5 0 23 0 23 4135
POLIO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 85
RUBELLA 129 2,111 179 154 264 254 100 - -
TETANUS 54 82 85 72 92 77 131 281 291
(NEONATAL)
Source: WHO Vaccine-preventable Diseases: Monitoring system. 2017 global summary; Accessed
14 February 2019
EPIDEMIOLOGY
EPIDEMIOLOGY
• The Philippines represents an
alarming case of regression,
with the immunization rate
dropping to 40%
• Early this year, per DOH or
less than half the peak
average 90.8% coverage in
2011
THE MAIN
PROBLEM:
Nowadays, people
have been hesitant to get
vaccinated, overlooking the
fact that vaccines have
saved millions of lives in
surviving, preventing and
eradicating various natural
infections.
PIVOTAL ROLE:
-Improving child health and survival
COST EFFECTIVE SOLUTION:
-Health and Development
PROVIDE ‘HERD IMMUNITY’:
-Protection even to unimmunized
VIRAL DISEASES:
-can be managed through vaccination
AVOID RECURRING SICKNESS:
-death, and unnecessary social and
economical costs to society