Question

Name some disease for which vaccines are available

Answer 1

The most common and serious vaccine-preventable diseases tracked by the World Health Organization (WHO) are: diphtheria, Haemophilus influenzae serotype b infection, hepatitis B, measles, meningitis, mumps, pertussis, poliomyelitis, rubella, tetanus, tuberculosis, and yellow fever.[1] The WHO reports licensed vaccines being available to prevent, or contribute to the prevention and control of, 25 vaccine-preventable infections

Answer 2

Doctors now recommend that teens are vaccinated against the following diseases:

diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (called the Tdap vaccine)measles, mumps, rubella (the MMR vaccine)hepatitis A.hepatitis B.