
Vaccines and immunization: What is vaccination?
Oct 22, 2025 · The vaccine is therefore a safe and clever way to produce an immune response in the body, without causing illness. Our immune systems are designed to remember. Once exposed to …
Vaccines and immunization - World Health Organization (WHO)
Feb 18, 2026 · 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 …
Explainers - World Health Organization (WHO)
Feb 25, 2025 · Vaccine explainers "Vaccines Explained" is a series of illustrated articles that describe how vaccines work, how they’re developed and distributed and how their safety is carefully …
How do vaccines work? - World Health Organization (WHO)
Feb 25, 2025 · This article is part of a series of explainers on vaccine development and distribution. Learn more about vaccines – from how they work and how they’re made to ensuring safety and …
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 defences to build …
COVID-19 vaccines - World Health Organization (WHO)
Criteria for COVID-19 vaccine prioritization The proposed attributes and criteria provide considerations for the evaluation and prioritization of COVID-19 candidate vaccines to be considered for further …
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Vaccines and vaccine safety
Oct 8, 2024 · This page answers the most frequently asked questions about COVID-19 vaccines and vaccine safety. If the information you are looking for is not here, check out our related links on the …
Vaccines and immunization: Vaccine safety
Jul 15, 2025 · Together with governments, vaccine manufacturers, scientists and medical experts, WHO's vaccine safety programme is constantly helping monitor the safety of vaccines. This helps …
Vaccines WPRO - World Health Organization (WHO)
Sep 30, 2022 · Vaccines are available to prevent more than 20 life-threatening diseases, helping people live longer, healthier lives. They reduce risks of getting a disease by working with your body’s natural …
Next-generation influenza vaccines could save millions of lives, finds …
Feb 18, 2026 · Next generation influenza vaccines that provide broader and longer-lasting protection than existing seasonal vaccines, could play a vital role in reducing the global burden of influenza, …