WELCOME TO THE

# VA C C G I N E R N
SEMINAR
BSPCP5A
Objectives:
To define Vaccines and its importance
To cite the advantages and disadvantages of Vaccines
To give examples of Vaccines
To convince the public to get vaccinated and immunized
Vaccines
 Are preparations of killed microorganisms, living attenuated
organisms, or living fully virulent organisms that is administered to
produce or artificially increase immunity to a particular disease
 Contains weakened or killed pathogen from which our immune
system can produce antibodies against them, preparing our body
from future infections.
Advantages of Vaccines:
• Provides Herd Immunity
• Protects people from a deadly disease
• Cost – Effectiveness
• Eradication a disease
CAN YOU IMAGINE OUR WORLD
WITHOUT VACCINES?
Consequences of not having Vaccinations:
• Failure to provide herd immunity to unvaccinated
people
• Vulnerability to a deadly disease upon exposure
• Costly medical treatments and hospitalizations
• Can create an outbreak of disease or even Pandemic
STATISTIC ACQUIRED FROM

Without Vaccines
Over 2-3 million vaccine preventable
deaths will occur per year
VARIOUS PROBLEMS THAT MAY OCCUR
WITHOUT VACCINE IMMUNIZATION
MEASLE CASES IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
REGION, PHILIPPINES

SOURCE: DOH EPIDEMIOLOGY BUREAU

 DISEASE 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2000 1990
DIPHTHERIA 183 68 42 9 0 6 - 88 921

JAPANESE 204 361 312 115 69 24 - - -

ENCEPHALITIS

MEASLES 20,827 2,428 716 619 58,848 2920 1536 7120 42,938
MUMPS _ _ - 5 - - - - -
PERTUSSIS 339 88 29 5 0 23 0 23 4135

POLIO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 85
RUBELLA 129 2,111 179 154 264 254 100 - -
TETANUS 54 82 85 72 92 77 131 281 291
(NEONATAL)

TETANUS 943 1,057 1082 880 839 1069 - 1135 2286

(TOTAL)

Source: WHO Vaccine-preventable Diseases: Monitoring system. 2017 global summary; Accessed
14 February 2019
EPIDEMIOLOGY
EPIDEMIOLOGY
• The Philippines represents an
alarming case of regression,
with the immunization rate
dropping to 40%
• Early this year, per DOH or
less than half the peak
average 90.8% coverage in
2011
 THE MAIN
PROBLEM:
Nowadays, people
have been hesitant to get
vaccinated, overlooking the
fact that vaccines have
saved millions of lives in
surviving, preventing and
eradicating various natural
infections.

PHOTO SOURCE: GSK US

ABOUT IMMUNIZATION

 PIVOTAL ROLE:
-Improving child health and survival
 COST EFFECTIVE SOLUTION:
-Health and Development
 PROVIDE ‘HERD IMMUNITY’:
-Protection even to unimmunized
 VIRAL DISEASES:
-can be managed through vaccination
 AVOID RECURRING SICKNESS:
-death, and unnecessary social and
economical costs to society