1 Vitamin D Deficiency âLow Vitamin D has been associated with several types of cancer as well as certain autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus. 2  HIV/AIDS âNearly half of the people who get HIV/AIDS are African American, suffering more deaths than any other race.
The most common vaccine-preventable diseases among travellers are influenza and hepatitis A. Other vaccines to consider for travel include rabies, hepatitis B, typhoid, cholera, yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis and measles. Many vaccines can be given by flexible accelerated schedules to ensure early protection.
Once a vaccine-preventable disease is eradicated, the worldwide incidence of the disease is reduced to zero so that intervention, including immunizations, are no longer needed. Eradicated Diseases Only one vaccine-preventable disease has actually been declared eradicated in the world â smallpox in 1979. Rinderpest was also eradicated with vaccines, but unlike smallpox, rinderpest was a disease of livestock.