About Vaccines

Vaccines save 2-3 million lives each year. Wherever children are not vaccinated, their lives and their communities are at risk.

What are vaccines?

• Vaccines are shots and drops that protect against serious diseases.
• Medicine helps people get better when they are sick. Vaccines prevent people from getting sick in the first place.
• Most vaccines are given to babies because it is easy for babies to get sick, but most vaccines protect for life.
• Each vaccine protects against a particular disease so it is important to get all shots.

How do vaccines work?

• Vaccines give your child super-powers against dangerous diseases.
• Vaccines teach your child’s body to recognize and remember germs that make them sick. When a vaccinated child meets dangerous germ, it immediately recognizes the threat and fights it off.
• Vaccines train the immune system fight off diseases.