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<title>Our World in Data - Vaccination</title>
<subtitle>Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems</subtitle>
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<updated>2026-04-18T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
<entry>
    <title>Death rates for cervical cancer in the United Kingdom have fallen by 80% since 1950</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/death-rates-for-cervical-cancer-in-the-united-kingdom-have-fallen-by-80-since-1950</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/death-rates-for-cervical-cancer-in-the-united-kingdom-have-fallen-by-80-since-1950"/>
    <published>2026-04-18T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/death-rates-for-cervical-cancer-in-the-united-kingdom-have-fallen-by-80-since-1950"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/2b579c45-b1ce-4f08-eef8-04342c3ef500/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
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<entry>
    <title>Measles leaves children vulnerable to other diseases for years</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/measles-increases-disease-risk</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/measles-increases-disease-risk"/>
    <published>2025-06-16T04:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Saloni Dattani</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Measles causes more than an acute illness: it suppresses immune memory and increases the risk of complications for years.<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/measles-increases-disease-risk"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/b2168626-1df5-419a-7709-f57955f46800/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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<entry>
    <title>Smallpox declined gradually, until the WHO coordinated the global effort to eradicate it</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/smallpox-declined-gradually-until-the-who-coordinated-the-global-effort-to-eradicate-it</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/smallpox-declined-gradually-until-the-who-coordinated-the-global-effort-to-eradicate-it"/>
    <published>2025-06-11T04:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Saloni Dattani</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/smallpox-declined-gradually-until-the-who-coordinated-the-global-effort-to-eradicate-it"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/ce0b2f82-7c6c-4748-099c-96e5388ffe00/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Measles vaccines save millions of lives each year</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/measles-vaccines-save-lives</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/measles-vaccines-save-lives"/>
    <published>2025-05-19T04:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Saloni Dattani</name></author><author><name>Fiona Spooner</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Measles once killed millions every year. Vaccines changed this, preventing disease, long-term immune damage, and deadly outbreaks.<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/measles-vaccines-save-lives"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/5f66d86d-91f5-4839-caa7-d6c5ce64e300/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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<entry>
    <title>Over a hundred million infants receive measles vaccines annually, protecting them and communities against a deadly disease</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/over-a-hundred-million-infants-receive-measles-vaccines-annually-protecting-them-and-communities-against-a-deadly-disease</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/over-a-hundred-million-infants-receive-measles-vaccines-annually-protecting-them-and-communities-against-a-deadly-disease"/>
    <published>2025-05-16T04:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Saloni Dattani</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/over-a-hundred-million-infants-receive-measles-vaccines-annually-protecting-them-and-communities-against-a-deadly-disease"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/ffbc6bc0-c8ed-4861-f41b-b5bad75a9600/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>How effective and safe are measles vaccines?</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/measles-vaccine-effectiveness-safety</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/measles-vaccine-effectiveness-safety"/>
    <published>2025-04-21T04:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Saloni Dattani</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Data from large meta-analyses show that measles vaccination is highly effective and safe, giving a 95% reduction in the risk of measles.<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/measles-vaccine-effectiveness-safety"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/1d042616-0031-4929-ef74-a0d7a3176000/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Vaccination eliminated polio from the United States</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/vaccination-eliminated-polio-from-the-united-states</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/vaccination-eliminated-polio-from-the-united-states"/>
    <published>2025-04-07T03:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Fiona Spooner</name></author><author><name>Saloni Dattani</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/vaccination-eliminated-polio-from-the-united-states"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/450e1311-e498-49be-ea6a-7a029a535c00/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Measles vaccines have saved over 90 million lives in the last 50 years</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/measles-vaccines-have-saved-over-90-million-children-in-the-last-50-years</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/measles-vaccines-have-saved-over-90-million-children-in-the-last-50-years"/>
    <published>2024-12-02T04:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Saloni Dattani</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/measles-vaccines-have-saved-over-90-million-children-in-the-last-50-years"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/0250d65e-6cae-43f9-48b1-f9772b4b3100/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Vaccines accounted for 40% of the decline in infant mortality over the last 50 years</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/vaccines-account-for-40-of-the-decline-in-infant-mortality-over-the-last-50-years</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/vaccines-account-for-40-of-the-decline-in-infant-mortality-over-the-last-50-years"/>
    <published>2024-09-05T05:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/vaccines-account-for-40-of-the-decline-in-infant-mortality-over-the-last-50-years"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/6ed75462-8490-4b59-8e63-0e36edfe3100/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
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<entry>
    <title>Vaccines have saved 150 million children over the last 50 years</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/vaccines-children-saved</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/vaccines-children-saved"/>
    <published>2024-05-06T07:05:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Every ten seconds, one child is saved by a vaccine against a fatal disease.<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/vaccines-children-saved"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/f2b2160a-85bc-473d-1c39-185353b7f000/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Vaccination</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/vaccination</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/vaccination"/>
    <published>2022-10-01T21:32:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Fiona Spooner</name></author><author><name>Saloni Dattani</name></author><author><name>Samantha Vanderslott</name></author><author><name>Max Roser</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Vaccines have saved millions of lives and transformed global health. This page presents data and research on their history, impact, and future.<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/vaccination"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/983d9f48-4f06-4dee-76a2-c8cd6427e600/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Which countries have mandatory childhood vaccination policies?</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/childhood-vaccination-policies</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/childhood-vaccination-policies"/>
    <published>2021-06-11T10:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Tatjana Marks</name></author><author><name>Samantha Vanderslott</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[How do policies on childhood vaccinations vary across the world?<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/childhood-vaccination-policies"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/b8520921-21f8-4963-7c43-31f4e5a4d900/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Our history is a battle against the microbes: we lost terribly before science, public health, and vaccines allowed us to protect ourselves</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/microbes-battle-science-vaccines</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/microbes-battle-science-vaccines"/>
    <published>2020-07-20T15:27:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Max Roser</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[For most of history, we were losing the battle against microbes. Vaccines were one of the breakthroughs that turned it around.<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/microbes-battle-science-vaccines"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/d02b11e0-53cb-4c3d-95c0-0898df985c00/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>How many people support vaccination across the world?</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/support-for-vaccination</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/support-for-vaccination"/>
    <published>2019-08-01T08:30:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author><author><name>Samantha Vanderslott</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Here we look at results from the largest global survey to date on attitudes to vaccination across the world.<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/support-for-vaccination"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/7d697deb-68fa-4e5a-befc-6b21b5fad000/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Vaccine skepticism and what to do about it</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/vaccine-skepticism</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/vaccine-skepticism"/>
    <published>2019-08-01T08:30:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Samantha Vanderslott</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[What effect do public attitudes have on vaccine coverage rates, and what can we do about skepticism toward vaccines?<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/vaccine-skepticism"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/e0e03bb4-cab3-4b18-10cb-fe719054a700/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Reduction of cases and deaths of vaccine-preventable diseases in the US</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/reduction-of-cases-and-deaths-of-vaccine-preventable-diseases-in-the-us</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/reduction-of-cases-and-deaths-of-vaccine-preventable-diseases-in-the-us"/>
    <published>2015-03-19T14:38:33.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Max Roser</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Vaccines dramatically cut the rates of vaccine-preventable diseases in the US<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/reduction-of-cases-and-deaths-of-vaccine-preventable-diseases-in-the-us"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/8fa44c06-cc78-4eba-482f-632e9940c700/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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