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Pathogenic microorganisms like bacteria, viruses, parasites or fungi are the causes of infectious diseases.
These diseases can spread to humans through a number of ways, e.g. person to person through direct touch, water, food or airborne particles, and through insects such as mosquitoes.
The National Immunisation Programme (NIP) is a government initiative to curb the spread of infectious diseases.
The Health Ministry introduced the NIP in the 1950s by providing free vaccination services to children in Malaysia.
Currently, the programme targets 12 vaccine-preventable diseases, i.e. tuberculosis, hepatitis B, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), polio,
Haemophilus influenzae type b, measles, mumps, rubella, Japanese encephalitis (only in Sarawak), and cancer caused by the human papilloma virus (HPV).