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- Vaccines and immunization: What is vaccination?
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 build resistance to specific infections and makes your immune system stronger Vaccines train your immune system to create antibodies, just as it does when it’s exposed to a disease However, because vaccines contain
- Vaccines and immunization - World Health Organization (WHO)
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 defences to build resistance to specific infections and makes your immune system stronger
- Vaccins et vaccination : qu’est-ce que la vaccination
La vaccination est un moyen simple, sûr et efficace de se protéger des maladies dangereuses avant même d’y être exposé Elle met à profit les défenses naturelles de l’organisme pour développer une résistance à des infections spécifiques et renforcer le système immunitaire Les vaccins incitent le système immunitaire à produire des anticorps de la même manière que s’il
- Know the facts - World Health Organization (WHO)
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 defences to build resistance to specific infections and makes your immune system stronger
- COVID-19 Vaccines Advice - World Health Organization (WHO)
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 and the bivalent vaccines, continue to protect against severe disease
- 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 the latest information on vaccines in clinical and pre-clinical development
- Vaccines and immunization: Vaccine safety
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) During the same period, vaccination has contributed to 40% of the drop in infant deaths Together with governments, vaccine manufacturers, scientists and medical experts, WHO's vaccine safety programme is constantly
- 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 pandemic, immunization has a long history
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