The World Health Organization reported that 5.9 million children below five years of age died in 2015. More than half of those deaths were due to preventable causes, especially diseases such as pneumonia, meningitis and diarrhoea, all of which could have been prevented by vaccination.
Even in Malaysia, there is a small group who prefer to avoid vaccinations as they believe some of the myths which are completely erroneous.
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