Health and Wellbeing (English)
What are vaccines?
- Vaccines are the most effective way to prevent many infectious diseases and to save lives
- Vaccines teach your immune system how to create antibodies that protect you from diseases in the future because the body remembers how to combat these germs if they encounter them again
- Once your immune system knows how to fight a disease, it can often give you lifelong protection.
- It’s much safer for your immune system to learn this through vaccination than by catching the diseases and treating them.
Vaccines in the UK: what they are, why it is important to have them and how to get them
This clip gives you an overview on the main vaccinations available in the UK and why it is important that you have them to protect yourself, your family and the wider community.
Vaccines for babies, children and teenagers
This clip explains which vaccines are important at each stage of your baby or your child’s life and how you can protect each member of your family by going to the doctor or asking us to help.
Vaccines for young and older adults
This clip explains which vaccines are important for you and your family at key times of your life, such as pregnancy, when you reach 50+ years and 65+ years. It explains how you can protect yourself and your family by going to the doctor or asking us to help.
