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Bookmark or Share- A brief history of vaccines and how they changed the worldThanks to new manufacturing techniques, vaccine production could be scaled up by the late 1940s, setting global vaccination and disease eradication efforts in motion. Vaccines against polio (1955), measles (1963), rubella (1969) and other viruses were added to the list over the decades that followed, and worldwide vaccination rates shot up ...
- What is a ‘vaccine passport’ and will you need one the next time you ...At the present time, it is WHO’s position that "national authorities and conveyance operators should not introduce requirements of proof of COVID-19 vaccination for international travel as a condition for departure or entry, given that there are still critical unknowns regarding the efficacy of vaccination in reducing transmission".
- What can be done to prevent the spread of dengue fever?The first dengue vaccine, Dengvaxia, was licensed in 2015 but requires a pre-vaccination screening test. Qdenga has been widely licensed based on phase 3 results showing a high level of efficacy in both previously uninfected (seronegative) and infected (seropositive) individuals, according to the WHO.
- Measles cases are rising – here’s what can be doneIn the WHO European Region alone, over 1.8 million infants missed their measles vaccination between 2020 and 2022, at least partly caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. While in the UK, more than 3.4 million children under 16 are either completely unprotected or only partially protected against measles, says NHS England.
- 3 reasons why we should vaccinate both boys and girls against HPV1. HPV vaccination programme emphasizes HPV-related cancer prevention. Prevention is the primary aim as it is crucial to HPV reduction. Once an individual has been exposed to HPV virus, it is too late to be vaccinated. Thus, the best time to vaccinate is during early adolescence prior to exposure to the viruses.
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