Vaccines and immunization - World Health Organization (WHO)
Nov 1, 2024 · 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 ...
Vaccines and immunization: What is vaccination?
Apr 23, 2024 · 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 ...
Immunization
Dec 5, 2019 · Immunization prevents deaths every year in all age groups from diseases like diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), influenza and measles. It is one of the most successful and cost-effective public health interventions. An additional 1.5 million deaths could be avoided, however, if global vaccination coverage improves.
Counting the impact of vaccines - World Health Organization (WHO)
Apr 22, 2021 · 1. Immunization saves lives and protects peoples’ health. Immunization keeps people healthy and has reduced the number of deaths from infectious diseases dramatically. Between 2010 and 2017, the mortality rate of children under 5 years of age declined by nearly a quarter. 1 Measles vaccines alone prevented 25.5 million deaths since 2000, and ...
Vaccines and immunization - World Health Organization (WHO)
Sep 30, 2022 · Though immunization is widely recognized as one of the most successful and widespread tools we have to protect against vaccine-preventable diseases, not everyone has the same access to them. In the Western Pacific Region, an estimated 1.15 million children missed out on basic vaccines through routine immunization services in 2022, the majority ...
Immunization coverage - World Health Organization (WHO)
Jul 15, 2024 · While immunization is one of the most successful public health interventions, coverage plateaued in the decade prior to COVID-19. The COVID-19 pandemic, associated disruptions, and vaccination efforts strained health systems in 2020 and 2021, resulting in dramatic setbacks. Data from 2023 show that performance has not yet returned to 2019 levels.
Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals - World Health …
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10 facts on immunization - World Health Organization (WHO)
Immunization currently prevents between 2–3 million deaths every year. Immunization prevents deaths every year in all age groups from diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), and measles. It is one of the most successful and cost-effective public health interventions. An additional 1.5 million deaths could be avoided, however, if ...
Immunization Agenda 2030 - World Health Organization (WHO)
Immunization is a global health and development success story, saving millions of lives every year. We now have vaccines to prevent more than 20 life-threatening diseases, helping people of all ages live longer, healthier lives. Immunization is the foundation of the primary health care system and an indisputable human right.
Vaccines and immunization - World Health Organization (WHO)
Nov 5, 2024 · Immunization is one of the “best buys” in global health, a strong foundation of the primary health care system and an indisputable human right. By preventing disease and deaths, it plays a crucial role in achieving — either directly or indirectly — 14 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG3: “to ensure ...