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Published on 16 March 2025

Vaccinations and prevention

Infectious diseases can be serious. Vaccinations are the most effective way of protecting not only your own child, but also newborns, pregnant women, and other children and adults. There are also medicinal prophylactic treatments for diseases such as malaria.

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Federal Office of Public Health FOPH

Communicable Diseases Division
Schwarzenburgstrasse 157
Switzerland - 3003 Bern