Vaccination is the administration of a vaccine to help the immune system develop protection from a disease. Vaccines contain a microorganism or virus in a weakened, live or killed state, or proteins or toxins from the organism. In stimulating the body's adaptive immunity, they help prevent sickness from an infectious disease. When a sufficiently large percentage of a population has been vaccinated, herd immunity results. Herd immunity protects those who may be immunocompromised and cannot get a vaccine because even a weakened version would harm them. The effectiveness of vaccination has been widely studied and verified. Vaccination is the most effective method of preventing infectious diseases; widespread immunity due to vaccination is largely responsible for the worldwide eradication of smallpox and the elimination of diseases such as polio and tetanus from much of the world. However, some diseases, such as measles outbreaks in America, have seen rising cases due to relatively low vaccination rates in the 2010s – attributed, in part, to vaccine hesitancy.The first disease people tried to prevent by inoculation was most likely smallpox, with the first recorded use of variolation occurring in the 16th century in China. It was also the first disease for which a vaccine was produced. Although at least six people had used the same principles years earlier, the smallpox vaccine was invented in 1796 by English physician Edward Jenner. He was the first to publish evidence that it was effective and to provide advice on its production. Louis Pasteur furthered the concept through his work in microbiology. The immunization was called vaccination because it was derived from a virus affecting cows (Latin: vacca 'cow'). Smallpox was a contagious and deadly disease, causing the deaths of 20–60% of infected adults and over 80% of infected children. When smallpox was finally eradicated in 1979, it had already killed an estimated 300–500 million people in the 20th century.Vaccination and immunization have a similar meaning in everyday language. This is distinct from inoculation, which uses unweakened live pathogens. Vaccination efforts have been met with some reluctance on scientific, ethical, political, medical safety, and religious grounds, although no major religions oppose vaccination, and some consider it an obligation due to the potential to save lives. In the United States, people may receive compensation for alleged injuries under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. Early success brought widespread acceptance, and mass vaccination campaigns have greatly reduced the incidence of many diseases in numerous geographic regions.
North Korea says 99.98% of its nearly 5 million "fever patients" since late April have fully recovered. The country has a near 0% COVID vaccination rate.
North Korea is reporting that 99.98 percent of their nearly five million COVID-19 “fever patients” have recovered from the disease since...
The government has reinstated the mandatory wearing of face masks in indoor settings as a containment measure to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the country.
Addressing the media on Monday, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said members of the public will be required to wear face masks in...
COVID-19 Vaccination Assistant (multiple positions) at ICAP
Job no: 496128
Position type: Temporary Full-Time
Location: Tanzania – Mwanza
Division/Equivalent: Tanzania
School/Unit: Implementation / Program Management
Categories: Program Management/Implementation/Support...
COVID-19 Vaccination District Lead (multiple positions) at ICAP
Job no: 496126
Position type: Temporary Full-Time
Location: Tanzania – Mwanza
Division/Equivalent: Tanzania
School/Unit: Implementation / Program Management
Categories: Program Management/Implementation/Support...
Effective December 21, anyone requesting in-person government services must be fully vaccinated and show proof of vaccination, Ministry of Health CS Mutahi Kagwe has said.
In order to accelerate vaccination, the Ministry in collaboration with County Governments and other stakeholders will be...
Guys,
Nimepata Choja ya covid19 week ya kwanza tu ya utojia,
Hadi leo sijapata message ya kupata cheti,
Naona wanaona choma hivi karibu wanapata message zina link ya cheti,
Njia gani naweza pata cheti, nimeangalia kwenye website ya wizara ya afya bila mafanikio.
Help me out.
Thanks
President Ebrahim Raeisi made the comments in a meeting with the special committees of the National Task Force For Fighting Coronavirus on Thursday morning.
Raeisi also urged the officials to bolster the process of treating the Covid-19 outpatients who are not in critical condition.
He also...
PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT TO THE
NATION ON PROGRESS OF THE COVID-
19 RESPONSE
Date: 22nd September 2021
Dear Countrymen and Countrywomen,
Since my last address to you on the 30th of July 2021, the COVID-19 transmission rates in the country have continued to decline. Despite this, some...
Tanzanian government has launched a 10 participatory and rapid vaccination program against COVID-19 with the presence of a mobile immunization (mobile vaccination site) and follow up on citizens who are ready to be vaccinated voluntarily.
The initiative was launched yesterday by the Minister...
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