No Filipino child should suffer or perish from preventable diseases when vaccines can safeguard their health.
According to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), a child who has received all recommended vaccinations is more likely to grow up healthy. Since their immune systems are still developing, young children and infants are especially vulnerable to several infections that can result in significant harm or death.
Here are some diseases, that for a time, became a distant memory because of the effectiveness of vaccines:
