Jennifer Mendoza
Research expert covering health, pharma and medtech
Immunization rates in the UK - statistics & facts
Immunization is the process of protecting a person from serious diseases. An immunized body receives a small part of the disease, either weakened or destroyed, to enable antibodies to be produced and thus future protection from the illness is created. The World Health Organization has called vaccination a public health intervention with one of the greatest impacts in history, as previously widespread diseases like smallpox have been consigned to the history books. Immunization does not just protect the individual from diseases, it also protects society through herd immunity, preventing the spread of disease to people who may have adverse effects if they contracted a certain disease or could not be vaccinated due to health issues.
