Vaccines and immunization: What is vaccination?
Oct 22, 2025 · Vaccination is a simple, safe, and effective way of protecting you against harmful diseases, before you come into contact with them. It uses your body’s natural defenses to …
Vaccines and immunization - World Health Organization (WHO)
Dec 18, 2025 · Vaccination is a simple, safe, and effective way of protecting people against harmful diseases, before they come into contact with them. It uses your body’s natural …
COVID-19 Vaccines Advice
Oct 8, 2024 · Vaccination should not be delayed in anticipation of newer versions of the COVID-19 vaccine. Currently approved COVID-19 vaccines, including those based on the index virus …
COVID-19 vaccines - World Health Organization (WHO)
Read WHO’s Global COVID-19 Vaccination Strategy outlining the steps to achieve effective and equitable distribution of vaccines. See WHO’s landscape of COVID-19 vaccine candidates for …
Know the facts - World Health Organization (WHO)
Mar 20, 2020 · Vaccination is a simple, safe, and effective way of protecting people against harmful diseases, before they come into contact with them. It uses your body’s natural …
关于疫苗的问答 - World Health Organization (WHO)
没有疫苗，我们就会面临麻疹、脑膜炎、肺炎、破伤风和脊灰等疾病导致的严重病症和残疾风险。这些疾病中有许多会危及生命。据世卫组织估计，仅儿童疫苗每年就可挽救超过400万人的生 …
How do vaccines work? - World Health Organization (WHO)
Feb 25, 2025 · Vaccination eases the strain on families and healthcare systems by reducing hospital visits and medical costs. Healthy children can attend school regularly, learn better and …
Vaccines and immunization: Vaccine safety
Jul 15, 2025 · Vaccination is one of the most effective ways to prevent diseases. Over the past 50 years, essential vaccines against just 14 diseases have saved at least 154 million lives (1). …
A Brief History of Vaccination - World Health Organization (WHO)
For centuries, humans have looked for ways to protect each other against deadly diseases. From experiments and taking chances to a global vaccine roll-out in the midst of an unprecedented …
Statement on the antigen composition of COVID-19 vaccines
May 15, 2025 · The TAG-CO-VAC reconvened on 6-7 May 2025 to review the genetic and antigenic evolution of SARS-CoV-2; immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection and/or …