Vaccines are one of our most successful tools for
protecting the public’s health
. It seems simple: a pharmaceutical company develops a new vaccine, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) licenses it, health-care providers give it to their patients, and we see disease disappear.
What are vaccines and why are they important to public health?
Vaccination is the most important thing we can do
to protect ourselves and our children against ill health
. They prevent up to 3 million deaths worldwide every year.
What role do vaccinations play?
Vaccines play an important role
in keeping us healthy
. They protect us from serious and sometimes deadly diseases — like haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) and measles. It’s normal to have questions about vaccines.
What is immunization in public health?
Overview. Immunization is a
global health and development success
story, saving millions of lives every year. Vaccines reduce risks of getting a disease by working with your body’s natural defences to build protection. When you get a vaccine, your immune system responds.
How do vaccines keep you healthy?
Vaccines
help reduce the risk of certain illnesses by introducing dead or weakened versions of disease-causing germs (bacteria or viruses) to the immune system
. Vaccines protect vulnerable people in our community – such as very young children, the elderly, or those who are too sick to be immunised.
How does vaccine work in our body?
How vaccines help. Vaccines contain weakened or inactive parts of a particular organism (antigen) that
triggers an immune response within the body
. Newer vaccines contain the blueprint for producing antigens rather than the antigen itself.
How long do vaccines last in the body?
How long spike proteins last in the body. The Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) estimates that the spike proteins that were generated by COVID-19 vaccines last
up to a few weeks
, like other proteins made by the body.
What is difference between vaccination and immunization?
Vaccination: The act of introducing a vaccine into the body to produce protection from a specific disease. Immunization: A process by which
a person becomes protected against a disease through vaccination
. This term is often used interchangeably with vaccination or inoculation.
What do you know about public health?
Public health is
the science of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities
. This work is achieved by promoting healthy lifestyles, researching disease and injury prevention, and detecting, preventing and responding to infectious diseases.
What is Class 9 Immunisation?
Immunisation is a process through which a person who is immunised develops resistance to particular diseases. This resistance is developed by administering a vaccine. A vaccine is a dose of specialised medication that stimulates the immune system of a person and helps beat certain diseases.
What viruses have a vaccine?
- Chickenpox (Varicella)
- Diphtheria.
- Flu (Influenza)
- Hepatitis A.
- Hepatitis B.
- Hib.
- HPV (Human Papillomavirus)
- Measles.
How does the immune system respond to vaccines?
Your immune system reacts to the vaccine in a similar way that it would if it were being invaded by the disease —
by making antibodies
. The antibodies destroy the vaccine germs just as they would the disease germs — like a training exercise. Then they stay in your body, giving you immunity.
When Should everyone be vaccinated?
CDC now recommends that people aged
65 years and older
, residents aged 18 years and older in long-term care settings, and people aged 50–64 years with underlying medical conditions should receive a booster shot of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 Vaccine at least 6 months after completing their Pfizer-BioNTech primary series …
How does the body fight a virus?
Antibodies, Antigens and Antibiotics
Antibodies are proteins that recognise and bind parts of viruses to neutralise them. Antibodies are produced by our white blood cells and are a major part of the body’s response to combatting a viral infection.
What is the immune system called?
There are two subsystems within the immune system, known as
the innate (non-specific) immune system and the adaptive (specific) immune system
. Both of these subsystems are closely linked and work together whenever a germ or harmful substance triggers an immune response.
