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Vaccination is available throughout your lifetime and can help protect against potentially harmful vaccine-preventable diseases.1,2

Vaccination helps prevent more than 2.5 million deaths each year globally.3
 Protection from some childhood vaccines can wane over time.4
 Adults may be at risk from some vaccine-preventable diseases due to age, job, lifestyle, or travel.4
Infections can still spread even with better hygiene, sanitation and access to safe water.5
 The risk of disease outbreaks increases when routine vaccinations are missed.6
 Approximately 18.7 million infants worldwide are still missing their routine vaccinations.7

 

More than 20 life-threatening diseases can be prevented by vaccination.2

Vaccination has enabled us to reduce most vaccine-preventable diseases to very low levels in many countries.8 However, if people stop getting the vaccines relevant to them, we may see a reappearance of some vaccine-preventable diseases.8

Vaccines have helped:

  • Eradicate smallpox.9
  • Almost eradicate polio.10
  • Decrease deaths related to measles by 73% between 2000 and 2018 worldwide.*11
  • Decrease cases of rubella by 97% between 2000-2018.**12

Vaccines also help society:

  • Individuals – Vaccinations can help improve health and well-being by helping protect against vaccine-preventable diseases which were historically a common cause of death in children. 13
  • Communities – Vaccination can help reduce the spread of vaccine-preventable diseases within communities. 13
  • Economies - Studies indicate that vaccination can have beneficial effects on economic growth, productivity and workforce participation.14

*Global measles deaths have decreased by 73% from an estimated 536 000 in 2000* to 142,000 in 2018.
**Reported rubella cases declined 97%, from 670 894 cases in 102 countries in 2000 to 14 621 cases in 151 countries in 2018.

 

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For more information, speak to your healthcare professional about vaccination. Some vaccinations may be recommended for adults because of their particular job or school-related requirements, health conditions, lifestyle or other factors. Some vaccinations may be recommended for teens to catch up on missed vaccinations or due to certain health conditions or travel. Some vaccines windows differ for children in high-risk groups or those who travel.  

 

Find out more about vaccine-preventable diseases and immunisations for your family. Click here to go to The Immunisation Advisory Centre website, based at the University of Auckland.

 

1. WHO. GVAP Assessment Report. https://www.who.int/immunization/global_vaccine_action_plan/SAGE_GVAP_Assessment_Report_2016_EN.pdf.2016. Accessed June 9, 2020.
2. WHO. Vaccines Work at all Ages, Everywhere. https://www.who.int/news-room/commentaries/detail/vaccines-work-at-all-ages-everywhere. Accessed June 9, 2020.
3. WHO. No Vaccine for the Scaremongers. http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/6/08-030608/en/. 2008. Accessed June 9, 2020.
4. CDC. Recommended Vaccines by Age. https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/vaccines-age.html. 2016. Accessed June 9, 2020.
5. WHO. Embrace the Facts. https://www.who.int/news-room/commentaries/detail/embrace-the-facts-about-vaccines-not-the-myths. Accessed June 10, 2020
6. WHO. Guiding principles for immunization activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/331590/WHO-2019-nCoV-immunization_services-2020.1-eng.pdf Accessed June 11, 2020 
7. WHO. Game Changers. . https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/21-04-2016-world-immunization-week-2016-immunization-game-changers-should-be-the-norm-worldwide. Accessed June 12, 2020.
8. WHO. Six Common Misconceptions. https://www.who.int/vaccine_safety/initiative/detection/immunization_misconceptions/en/index5.html. Accessed June 10, 2020.
9. WHO. Smallpox FAQ.  https://www.who.int/csr/disease/smallpox/faq/en/. Accessed June 10, 2020.
10. WHO. Poliomyelitis. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/poliomyelitis. Accessed June 10, 2020.
11. WHO. Measles Key Facts.  https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/measles. Accessed June 10, 2020
12. WHO. Rubella Key Facts. https://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/rubella . Accessed June 10, 2020.
13. Orenstein and Ahmed. Simply Put Vaccines Save Lives.  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5402432/pdf/pnas.201704507.pdf Accessed June 12, 2020
14. SAATI Partnership. Adult Vaccination: A Key Component of Healthy Aging.  https://ilcuk.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Adult-vaccination_a-key-component-of-health-ageing.pdf

 

 

Consumer Medicine Information on vaccines is available at www.medsafe.govt.nz. Ask your healthcare professional for further information on available vaccines for you or your child.

Adverse events involving GlaxoSmithKline products should be reported to GSK Medical Information on 0800 808 500.

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