Malnutrition, acute respiratory illnesses, tuberculosis, preventable diseases of various types, are widespread.

UNICEF also immunises children against preventable diseases, such as measles and diphtheria.

Vaccine- preventable diseases are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality.

Critics say treatable conditions are not treated on time and preventable diseases are not prevented.

Extra spending on medical treatment for people with preventable diseases is not an effective intervention.

Obesity is commonly a gateway to other preventable diseases.

Introduction: Outbreaks of vaccine- preventable diseases continue to threaten public health, despite the proven effectiveness of vaccines.

Now we are seeing a resurgence in preventable diseases such as measles due to vaccine hesitancy.

Most vaccine- preventable diseases still carry a significant risk of resurgence and have caused outbreaks in recent years.

Underimmunization is tied to an increased risk of vaccine- preventable diseases, the researchers write in the journal Pediatrics.

Many children are dying from vaccine- preventable diseases.

Background: The prevalence of vaccine- preventable diseases in adults remains a significant public health issue in the United States.

HPV-associated carcinomas are of particular interest since they are sexually transmitted and in theory may be preventable diseases.

Social media is proving to be a vehicle for the spread of misinformation about immunisation against preventable diseases.

Four million babies do not live past their 28th day of life, mostly from preventable diseases and malnutrition.

So public health officials rely, in addition, on so-called "herd immunity" to keep vaccine- preventable diseases from spreading.