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Vaccine-preventable diseases include:
Cervical cancer
Cholera
Diphtheria
Hep B
Influenza
Japanese encephalitis
Measles
Mumps
Pertussis
Pneumonia
Polio
Rabies
Rotavirus
Rubella
Tetanus
Typhoid
Varicella
Yellow Fever
#VaccinesWork!
bit.ly/2BeMD6W
Vaccines prevent deadly illnesses, #VaccinesWork.
1 in 10 infants worldwide did not receive any vaccines in 2016 putting them at serious risk of disease bit.ly/2tx4wsr
FACT: Immunization is one of the most successful and cost-effective means to help children grow into healthy adults. #VaccinesWork!
If we stop vaccination, diseases that have become uncommon will return.
Vaccines are a great tool that can eliminate disease from the map.
#VaccinesWork! bit.ly/2BePWeh
Vaccines:
-Helped eradicate #smallpox
-⬇child deaths globally 📉
-Protect against disease
-Prevent disability and death
Yes, #VaccinesWork!
bit.ly/2BePWeh
Vaccines can help limit the spread of #AntibioticResistance.
Here is how: bit.ly/2mYeDsu
#VaccinesWork
About 116 million children worldwide receive basic vaccines every year, but 19.4 million children worldwide still miss out.
#VaccinesWork, Let's make sure NO child is left behind!
Immunization is our shield against serious diseases 🛡️
#VaccinesWork to protect individuals and communities!
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Today, around 37 million worldwide live with #HIV, of whom 22 million are on treatment #WorldAIDSDay bit.ly/2QwO8HW
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Live from WHO HQ: Opening of the First Global Conference on #AirPollution and Health with @DrTedros pscp.tv/w/bqgLfzI2MTAy…
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It's #WorldMentalHealthDay.

DYK: Half of all #mentalhealth conditions start by 1️⃣4️⃣ years of age, but most cases are undetected and untreated.
WE ALL have a role to play in supporting adolescents 👧🏾🧒🏼👦🏿👩🏽 with their mental health bit.ly/2CzHeve #LetsTalk
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You will never understand how deplorable Nigeria’s Healthcare is until you have a close relation down with an illness.
It can take 3months for one single diagnosis & we would blame patients for presenting late.
No! It’s the system! We’ve lost hugely to our poor healthcare.
We can never have a prosperous country with this kind of healthcare system. A system where EMERGENCY 🚨 does not mean anything to anyone in the system. Patients had wait for over 3months to get as simple as Colonoscopy Done. You come today, they said no. It must be on THURSDAYS.
If you don’t come on Thursday, you can’t get this done! Well, the wealthy patients would simply zoom off to private facilities to get this done. The poor ones would take their VERY SICK ones home or to one PASTOR or BABA. If the system were good, Babas would be out of business.
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It's been 2 years since I posted this blog, and it's still one of my favourites.

Here's a tweetorial on herd immunity, and why it's pretty cool #VaccinesWork medium.com/@gidmk/herd-im…
First, let's get something out of the way:

Herd immunity has nothing to do with cows! Saying "people aren't cows" is just displaying your ignorance for all to see
So, what is herd immunity?

At its most basic level, it is simply maths
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‘Tis the season...let’s talk about #vaccines. You’ll likely see a lot of fear-mongering & misinformation from antivaxxers in the coming weeks. Let’s fight back w/ science & facts.

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Here’s a link to @CDCgov’s Vaccines & Immunizations directory:
cdc.gov/vaccines/index…

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Are you a parent? Here is a link to @CDCgov’s handy guide to #vaccines for parents: cdc.gov/vaccines/paren…

For a visual guide on the CDC’s recommended vaccination schedule for children from birth to age 18, look below⬇️

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As kids are heading back to school, for this #FDA #SUNDAYTWEETORIAL I’m going to talk about MEASLES and the vital importance of vaccination. You may’ve seen recent news stories reporting cases of measles in parts of the US and EU. Most cases have occurred in unvaccinated people
In 2018 there have been 124 individual cases of measles in 22 states and D.C. Measles can spread when it reaches a community where there are groups of unvaccinated people. And travelers with measles continue to bring the disease into the United States go.usa.gov/xUzwa
Measles is caused by the rubeola virus and is highly contagious. It is normally passed through direct contact or through the air. The virus infects the respiratory tract, then spreads throughout the body, causing a skin rash, fever, cough and runny nose.
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Measles cases hit record high in the Europe

Over 41,000 children & adults in European region have been
infected w/#measles in the first 6 mos, 2018 -- far exceeds the 12-mo totals reported for every other year this decade. 37 dead.

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Meanwhile, in the UK:
Between July2017 & June2018 just under 1000 cases of #measles in Britain, vs 531 cases for the whole of 2016.
There have been 760 cases in the 1st 6 mos of 2018 in the UK, versus 187 in the last half of 2017.
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and in UK: "Measles had virtually been eradicated in Britain before confidence in
the MMR #vaccine collapsed in the late 1990s after now-discredited Dr
Andrew Wakefield wrongly claimed the #measles, #mumps, and #rubella jab
was linked to autism."
mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/r…
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It’s World Immunization Week! Vaccinations save over 2-3 million lives every year around the world. Doing your part makes sure you, your family and your community stay disease-free. Protected Together, #VaccinesWork
Vaccine-preventable diseases include:
Cervical cancer
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Hep B
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Japanese encephalitis
Measles
Mumps
Pertussis
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Polio
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Tetanus
Typhoid
Varicella
Yellow Fever
Here are 5 facts on vaccines you need to know
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