Immunization is a key component of primary health care that can offer prevention, protection and control from infection or disease. Vaccination to common and important diseases are easily available and include:
- Flu vaccine:
- Immunization given to protect against seasonal influenza
- Pneumococcal vaccine:
- Immunization given to the type of illness caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria
- Hepatitis A/B vaccine:
- Immunization given to prevent the onset of Hepatitis A/B
- Chicken pox vaccine:
- Immunization given to prevent chicken pox, an infectious disease caused by the herpes zoster virus
- Shingles vaccine:
- Immunization given to prevent shingles, a painful acute inflammation of the nerve ganglia
- Tetanus vaccine:
- Immunization given to prevent tetanus, an infection that can causes painful muscle contractions
- Rabies vaccine:
- Immunization given to prevent rabies, contagious and fatal viral disease of dogs and other mammals, transmissible through the saliva to humans
