vaccine-preventable disease
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disease
noun
uk/dɪˈziːz/us/dɪˈziːz/
(an) illness of people, animals, plants, etc., caused by infection or a failure of health rather than by ...
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Effective preventive measures should be taken against thisvaccine-preventabledisease.
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Thus, it is impossible to eradicate avaccine-preventablediseasethrough voluntary vaccination if people act in their own self-interest.
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In modern times, the firstvaccine-preventablediseasetargeted for eradication was smallpox.
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If a person acquires avaccine-preventablediseaseand dies from it, the death is considered a vaccine-preventable death.
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These exemptions also have discouraged reporting and investigation of religion-based medical neglect of children and spawned many outbreaks ofvaccine-preventabledisease.
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If avaccine-preventablediseaseis uncommon in a country, then residents of that country are unlikely to receive a vaccine against it.
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The incidence of these vaccine-preventable diseases covered by such vaccination declined sharply following the initiation of these vaccination campaigns.
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It aimed to reduce morbidity and mortality from six vaccine-preventable diseases.
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Failure to conduct case investigations may lead to inaccurate conclusions if surveillance data are used to identify which age groups are at risk for specific vaccine-preventable diseases.
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Increased levels of diarrhoea and vaccine-preventable diseases among children were reported.
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Sanctions have played a direct role in perpetuating low coverage rates and hence in encouraging outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases.
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It would cost about £17 billion to save 2.9 million people who die annually from vaccine-preventable diseases.
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There has been a resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases, including polio, diphtheria and measles.
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Despite widespread vaccination, pertussis has persisted in vaccinated populations and is one of the most prevalent vaccine-preventable diseases.
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The outbreaks have clearly illustrated that when vaccine-preventable diseases spread, shared borders lead to common threats.
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