Vaccination: the path to health

Vaccination has saved 154 million lives over 50 years, according to WHO experts. The most significant impact has been from measles vaccines, which account for 94 million lives saved (around 60% of the total number). However, in 2022, 33 million children did not receive full vaccination against this disease. As a result of polio immunization, 20 million people on Earth, who would otherwise be paralyzed, can walk. Full eradication of the disease is now considered an achievable goal. Additional prospects for vaccination success include vaccines against papillomavirus infection, malaria, COVID-19, as well as vaccines against cholera and Ebola viruses, used to contain outbreaks.