The Growth of Vaccines Beyond Infectious Disease

Vaccination for infectious diseases saves two to three million lives a year worldwide, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Following the implementation of national programmes for immunization in the 1960s and beyond, many of the diseases that caused the majority of childhood deaths, such as diphtheria and polio, virtually disappeared. [1] The story of modern vaccines began with smallpox and Edward Jenner, but the history goes back even further.
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