Vaccines
OMO Latch on Life works with the community to promote and improve programme of immunisation against communicable disease.
Why Vaccines Save Lives
Vaccination is one of the most effective ways to prevent diseases. A vaccine helps the body’s immune system to recognize and fight pathogens like viruses or bacteria, which then keeps us safe from the diseases they cause.
Vaccines protect against more than 25 debilitating or life – threatening diseases, including measles, polio, tetanus, diphtheria, meningitis, influenza, tetanus, typhoid and cervical cancer.
Currently, most of children receive their vaccines on time. However, nearly 20 million worldwide still miss out – putting them at risk of serious diseases, death, disability and ill health.
The Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP) – endorsed by the 194 Member states of the World Health Assembly in May 2012 – is a framework to prevent millions of death by 2020 through more equitable access to existing vaccines for people in all communities.