Vaccines and immunization - World Health Organization (WHO) 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 30 life-threatening diseases and infections, helping people of all ages live longer, healthier lives
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) 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 defenses to build protection When you get a vaccine, your immune system responds
Immunization Immunization currently prevents 4-5 million deaths every year 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
World Immunization Week 2026 This year’s World Immunization Week theme, “For every generation, vaccines work”, aims to promote how vaccines have safely protected people, families, and communities for generations – and continue to safeguard our future
Immunization Immunization protects against infectious diseases by stimulating the immune system with vaccines, saving millions of lives annually but many children lack access
World Immunization Week 2026 - 24 to 30 April. World Immunization Week, celebrated in the last week of April, aims to highlight the collective action needed and to promote the use of vaccines to protect people of all ages against disease
疫苗和免疫接种 - World Health Organization (WHO) 世卫组织正在与各个国家和伙伴携手合作，提高全球疫苗接种覆盖率，所采取的方式包括2020年8月由世界卫生大会通过的以下行动倡议。 《2030年免疫议程》为2021-2030年的十年期制定了宏伟的总体疫苗和免疫全球愿景与战略。它是在吸纳了来自世界各国和组织的数以千计的意见后共同制定完成的。它
Immunization Agenda 2030 - World Health Organization (WHO) Immunization is the foundation of the primary health care system and an indisputable human right It’s also one of the best health investments money can buy Yet despite tremendous progress, far too many people around the world – including over 20 million infants each year – have insufficient access to vaccines