Vaccines and immunization: What is vaccination?
6 Nov 2024 at 8:25pm
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 you what vaccines you or your child have had and when the next vaccines or booster doses are due. It is important to make sure that all these vaccines are up to date.
Vaccines and immunization - World Health Organization (WHO)
5 Nov 2024 at 8:19pm
Vaccines and immunization. Immunization is a global health success story, saving millions of lives every year. Vaccines reduce risks of getting a disease by working with your body?s natural defenses to build protection. When you get a vaccine, your immune system responds. We now have vaccines to prevent more than 20 life-threatening diseases ...
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Vaccines and vaccine safety
7 Nov 2024 at 3:20am
Yes, all WHO emergency-use listed or prequalified COVID-19 vaccines provide protection against severe disease and death from circulating COVID-19 variants. Any of the approved COVID-19 vaccines can be used either for the initial series or revaccination. Vaccination should not be delayed in anticipation of newer versions of the COVID-19 vaccine.
COVID-19 vaccines - World Health Organization (WHO)
7 Nov 2024 at 4:03am
COVID-19 vaccines. Everyone, everywhere, should have access to COVID-19 vaccines. Major progress has been made with the COVID-19 vaccination response, and it is critical to continue the progress, particularly for those most at risk of disease. WHO recommends a simplified single-dose regime for primary immunization for most COVID-19 vaccines ...
How do vaccines work? - World Health Organization (WHO)
7 Nov 2024 at 2:44am
Some vaccines require multiple doses, given weeks or months apart. This is sometimes needed to allow for the production of long-lived antibodies and development of memory cells. In this way, the body is trained to fight the specific disease-causing organism, building up memory of the pathogen so as to rapidly fight it if and when exposed in the ...
A Brief History of Vaccination - World Health Organization (WHO)
6 Nov 2024 at 8:32pm
Early experiments with influenza vaccines are carried out: the US Army Medical School tests 2 million doses in 1918, but results are inconclusive. Read more about the history of Influenza vaccination. In 1937 Max Theiler, Hugh Smith and Eugen Haagen develop the 17D vaccine against yellow fever. The vaccine is approved in 1938 and over a million ...
COVID-19 Vaccines Advice - World Health Organization (WHO)
6 Nov 2024 at 3:00am
Some people will experience mild side effects after being vaccinated against COVID-19. Common side effects of COVID-19 vaccines include fever, head or body aches and a sore arm. These symptoms usually go away within a day or two and, if needed, can be managed by getting some rest, drinking fluids, or taking pain-relieving medications.
Better use of vaccines could reduce antibiotic use by 2.5 billion doses ...
4 Nov 2024 at 8:31am
A new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) finds that vaccines against 23 pathogens (excluding gonorrhea) could reduce the number of antibiotics needed by 22% or 2.5 billion defined daily doses globally every year, supporting worldwide efforts to address antimicrobial resistance (AMR). While some of these vaccines are already available ...
Explainers - World Health Organization (WHO)
5 Nov 2024 at 9:13am
Vaccines explained. WHO's 'Vaccine Explained' series features illustrated articles on vaccine development and distribution. Learn more about vaccines from the earliest of research stages to their rollout in countries. 8 December 2020.
Vaccines and travel - World Health Organization (WHO)
5 Nov 2024 at 5:13pm
These vaccines are recommended to provide protection against diseases endemic to the country of origin or of destination. They are intended to protect travellers and to prevent disease spread within and between countries. Some countries require proof of vaccination for travellers wishing to enter or exit the country.
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6 Nov 2024 at 8:25pm
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 you what vaccines you or your child have had and when the next vaccines or booster doses are due. It is important to make sure that all these vaccines are up to date.
Vaccines and immunization - World Health Organization (WHO)
5 Nov 2024 at 8:19pm
Vaccines and immunization. Immunization is a global health success story, saving millions of lives every year. Vaccines reduce risks of getting a disease by working with your body?s natural defenses to build protection. When you get a vaccine, your immune system responds. We now have vaccines to prevent more than 20 life-threatening diseases ...
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Vaccines and vaccine safety
7 Nov 2024 at 3:20am
Yes, all WHO emergency-use listed or prequalified COVID-19 vaccines provide protection against severe disease and death from circulating COVID-19 variants. Any of the approved COVID-19 vaccines can be used either for the initial series or revaccination. Vaccination should not be delayed in anticipation of newer versions of the COVID-19 vaccine.
COVID-19 vaccines - World Health Organization (WHO)
7 Nov 2024 at 4:03am
COVID-19 vaccines. Everyone, everywhere, should have access to COVID-19 vaccines. Major progress has been made with the COVID-19 vaccination response, and it is critical to continue the progress, particularly for those most at risk of disease. WHO recommends a simplified single-dose regime for primary immunization for most COVID-19 vaccines ...
How do vaccines work? - World Health Organization (WHO)
7 Nov 2024 at 2:44am
Some vaccines require multiple doses, given weeks or months apart. This is sometimes needed to allow for the production of long-lived antibodies and development of memory cells. In this way, the body is trained to fight the specific disease-causing organism, building up memory of the pathogen so as to rapidly fight it if and when exposed in the ...
A Brief History of Vaccination - World Health Organization (WHO)
6 Nov 2024 at 8:32pm
Early experiments with influenza vaccines are carried out: the US Army Medical School tests 2 million doses in 1918, but results are inconclusive. Read more about the history of Influenza vaccination. In 1937 Max Theiler, Hugh Smith and Eugen Haagen develop the 17D vaccine against yellow fever. The vaccine is approved in 1938 and over a million ...
COVID-19 Vaccines Advice - World Health Organization (WHO)
6 Nov 2024 at 3:00am
Some people will experience mild side effects after being vaccinated against COVID-19. Common side effects of COVID-19 vaccines include fever, head or body aches and a sore arm. These symptoms usually go away within a day or two and, if needed, can be managed by getting some rest, drinking fluids, or taking pain-relieving medications.
Better use of vaccines could reduce antibiotic use by 2.5 billion doses ...
4 Nov 2024 at 8:31am
A new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) finds that vaccines against 23 pathogens (excluding gonorrhea) could reduce the number of antibiotics needed by 22% or 2.5 billion defined daily doses globally every year, supporting worldwide efforts to address antimicrobial resistance (AMR). While some of these vaccines are already available ...
Explainers - World Health Organization (WHO)
5 Nov 2024 at 9:13am
Vaccines explained. WHO's 'Vaccine Explained' series features illustrated articles on vaccine development and distribution. Learn more about vaccines from the earliest of research stages to their rollout in countries. 8 December 2020.
Vaccines and travel - World Health Organization (WHO)
5 Nov 2024 at 5:13pm
These vaccines are recommended to provide protection against diseases endemic to the country of origin or of destination. They are intended to protect travellers and to prevent disease spread within and between countries. Some countries require proof of vaccination for travellers wishing to enter or exit the country.
WHAT IS THIS? This is an unscreened compilation of results from several search engines. The sites listed are not necessarily recommended by Surfnetkids.com.
