Vaccination is one of the most cost–effective strategies available in public health today. In addition to protecting the vaccinated individual from developing a potentially serious disease, vaccines help protect the community by reducing the spread of infectious diseases.

Vaccines aren’t just for kids. Grown–ups need them to protect against diseases that become more common in adulthood. They can also protect you if you missed a dose as a child.

Most adults need some or all of the following vaccines.