Videos on vaccination

John Kinsman, expert on behaviour change, explains the key points of ECDC's report on facilitating COVID-19 vaccination acceptance and uptake in the EU/EEA, published on 15 October 2021.

Statement from Director Dr. Andrea Ammon as ECDC publishes a threat assessment brief on the implications of the spread of the Delta variant of concern for the EU/EEA.

It's not known when potential COVID-19 #vaccines will be available for use in the EU/EEA and the UK, but supply is likely to be limited in the early stages. Countries will therefore need to develop a vaccination strategy and identify priority groups for #vaccination.

Effective worldwide vaccination campaigns have dramatically reduced the number of deadly infections. Watch our video (turn on subtitles in your language!) and learn more about the vaccination success stories on the fight with smallpox, polio, tetanus and measles.

Tetanus is transmitted by bacteria living in soil, animal saliva and manure which can enter the body through minor wounds on the skin. Today, a widely used vaccine protects against tetanus.

Vaccines have been used to prevent diseases in millions of people worldwide. But who monitors the safety of vaccines and how do they do it?

Polio is an infectious disease mostly contracted by children. One in two hundred people develop incurable paralysis after infection. In 1955, a vaccine was invented and was introduced on a wide scale. Thanks to global efforts, polio was eliminated from the Western Hemisphere by 1994, and has greatly decreased worldwide.

Measles is one of the world’s most contagious diseases. The measles virus was identified in 1954 and a vaccine was introduced in 1963. Between 2000 and 2018, global measles deaths decreased by 73%, and 23 million deaths were prevented thanks to vaccination. But the fight is still ongoing. Learn more about it in our video (turn on subtitles in your language)!

Smallpox was once a common, deadly disease, that killed a third of those who contracted it. 200 years ago, it was discovered that vaccination could prevent smallpox. Learn more about the fight against smallpox in our video (turn on subtitles in your language)!

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