Shingles: What is it and why do we need to vaccinate against it?
This week is European Immunisation Week (EIW) – a week to celebrate the value of vaccination, an intervention which saves millions of lives across the globe every year.
Joanne Yarwood
Since 1984 Jo has pursued a career in primary care and research, working as a practice nurse, national research co-ordinator for the British family Heart Study, and district audit co-ordinator with an honorary lectureship at the department of primary care, University College London Medical School.
Since 1995 she has worked in immunisation, first as head of Immunisation Information at the Health Education Authority then Health Promotion England. Since 2002 she has worked in the Department of Health and now PHE as Immunisation Programme Manager.
European Immunisation Week – staying healthy and protecting others through vaccination
What comes to mind when we think about vaccination? It should be protection, wellbeing, health and achievement. The World Health Organisation states that only clean water (a human right) ranks as highly as vaccination in terms of the greatest impact …
Why vaccinate?
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Health Protection, Immunisation and vaccination, Protecting the country's health
...huge impact this vaccine has already had: Another example of a new vaccine, we introduced in 2013 is shingles. The illness usually lasts two to four weeks and the first...