Communicable diseases
Communicable diseases are diseases that spread from person to person or from animals to humans. Learn about various communicable diseases below and about what the IFRC and our National Societies do to keep communities around the world healthy.
Explore different communicable diseases
![An oral polio vaccine is administered to a child at a Syrian Arab Red Crescent dispensary in Homs](/sites/default/files/styles/icon_block_thumbnail/public/2021-06/p-SYR0310_jpg%201280x853.jpg?itok=ncOgllWL)
Polio
![Russian Red Cross volunteers conduct outreach in Bolgorad on World Tuberculosis Day to promote healthy lifestyles and help people protect themselves](/sites/default/files/styles/icon_block_thumbnail/public/2021-06/p-RUS0056%201280x853.jpg?itok=hIzV13Ap)
Tuberculosis (TB)
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