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5th Annual Advocacy Project: Immune Wise Section on Medical Students, Residents, and Fellowship Trainees 2009-2010. VACCINES: A historical perspective. Vaccines Timeline. Vaccines Timeline. Vaccines Timeline. Vaccines Timeline. IMPACT OF VACCINES IN THE United States.
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5th Annual Advocacy Project: ImmuneWiseSection on Medical Students, Residents, and Fellowship Trainees2009-2010
Impact of Vaccines in the US The Impact of Vaccines in the United States Credit: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4/2/99, 3/21/08
Global Vaccination Coverage, 2007 Source: World Health Organization, “Global Immunization Data, January 2009.”
International Mortality Vaccine-preventable disease In 2002, WHO estimated that 1.4 million of the deaths among children < 5 years old were due to diseases that could have been prevented by routine vaccination 14% of total global mortality in children < 5 years of age
Impact of Vaccine-preventable disease • Heather Whitestone, named Miss America in 1994 • Became deaf at 18 months of age after contracting Hib meningitis