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  1. 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 …

  2. Vaccines and immunization - World Health Organization (WHO)

    Feb 13, 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 …

  3. 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 …

  4. 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 …

  5. 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 …

  6. 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 …

  7. 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 …

  8. WHO prequalifies an additional novel oral polio vaccine, strengthening ...

    Feb 13, 2026 · The World Health Organization (WHO) has prequalified an additional novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2), further strengthening the global supply of a vaccine at the heart of efforts to …

  9. What's in a vaccine? - World Health Organization (WHO)

    Sep 4, 2025 · Live-attenuated vaccine A live-attenuated vaccine uses a living but weakened version of the virus or one that’s very similar. The measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine and the …

  10. 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 …