
Vaccines and immunization - World Health Organization (WHO)
Nov 6, 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 defences to …
Vaccines and immunization: What is vaccination?
Oct 22, 2025 · Vaccines protect us throughout life and at different ages, from birth to childhood, as teenagers and into old age. In most countries you will be given a vaccination card that tells …
A Brief History of Vaccination
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 …
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 …
How do vaccines work? - World Health Organization (WHO)
Feb 25, 2025 · How vaccines help fight disease Vaccines contain weakened or inactive parts of a particular organism (antigen) that triggers an immune response within the body. Other …
Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals - World Health …
The Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals department is responsible for targeting vaccine-preventable diseases, guiding immunization research and establishing immunization policy.
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 …
What's in a vaccine? - World Health Organization (WHO)
Sep 4, 2025 · Vaccines are made up of carefully selected components that work together to protect against disease. Each vaccine component serves a specific purpose, and each …
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). …
Vaccine efficacy, effectiveness and protection
Mar 10, 2025 · Vaccine protection and timing Vaccines work by building strong protection against disease. Some vaccines require only one dose to build protection, while others need multiple …