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VPD Anti-riot Officers
VPD may refer to: Science and technology * Vaccine-preventable diseases * Vapour phase decomposition, a method used in the semiconductor industry * Vapour-pressure deficit, a measure of the difference between air humidity and saturation Computing * Virtual private database, masks data in a larger database * Virtual product development, developing and prototyping products in a completely digital 2D/3D environment * Vital Product Data, in computer hardware or in AIX Object Data Manager terminology Other uses * Vancouver Police Department {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaccine-preventable Diseases
A vaccine-preventable disease is an infectious disease for which an effective preventive vaccine exists. If a person acquires a vaccine-preventable disease and dies from it, the death is considered a vaccine-preventable death. The most common and serious vaccine-preventable diseases tracked by the World Health Organization (WHO) are: diphtheria, ''Haemophilus influenzae'' serotype b infection, hepatitis B, measles, meningitis, mumps, pertussis, poliomyelitis, rubella, tetanus, tuberculosis, and yellow fever. The WHO reports licensed vaccines being available to prevent, or contribute to the prevention and control of, 31 vaccine-preventable infections.World Health OrganizationGlobal Vaccine Action Plan 2011-2020.Geneva, 2012. Background In 2012, the World Health Organization estimated that vaccination prevents 2.5 million deaths each year. With 100% immunization, and 100% efficacy of the vaccines, one out of seven deaths among young children could be prevented, mostly in developing c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |