ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Vaccines reduce risks of getting a disease by working with your body’s natural defences to build protection. When you get a vaccine, your immune system responds. We now have vaccines to prevent more than 20 life-threatening diseases, helping people of all ages live longer, healthier lives.

Detailed explanation-2: -Vaccines train your immune system to create antibodies, just as it does when it’s exposed to a disease. However, because vaccines contain only killed or weakened forms of germs like viruses or bacteria, they do not cause the disease or put you at risk of its complications.

Detailed explanation-3: -To help keep them safe, it is important that you and your children who can get vaccinated are fully immunized. This not only protects your family, but also helps prevent the spread of these diseases to your friends and loved ones. Immunizations can save your family time and money.

Detailed explanation-4: -BACK. Diseases that Vaccines Prevent. Chickenpox (Varicella) Diphtheria. Flu (Influenza) Hepatitis A. Hepatitis B. Hib. HPV (Human Papillomavirus) More items