Healthcare Professionals News jobs Media NL NL FR YOUR HEALTH OUR MEDICINES RESEARCH AND INNOVATION ABOUT US WORKING AT PFIZER YOUR HEALTH / Healthy living / Vaccination VACCINATION Vaccines are probably one of the most important innovations in health science. They can greatly reduce the threat of once widespread and often fatal diseases and save many lives today: it is estimated that more than 2 to 3 million deaths are prevented each year worldwide. [1] And the list of vaccine-preventable diseases is growing. Vaccination is an individual and collective form of preventive medicine: the more people are vaccinated, the fewer pathogenic germs circulate and the more the community is protected. We call this the benefits of herd immunity. Different vaccine technologies are used, but the principle remains the same: to strengthen the body's natural defense system without causing the disease. In response to the vaccine, the immune system produces specific antibodies and immune cells, which can more efficiently block or even eliminate the virus or bacteria in question when exposed to it. Pfizer has developed several vaccines, including: a vaccine against pneumococci, which can cause meningitis or pneumonia in babies and adults. vaccines against different types of meningococci that cause severe meningitis or sepsis in babies, adolescents and adults. a vaccine against tick-borne encephalitis, caused by a virus transmitted by infected ticks a vaccine against Covid-19 We are also working on potential vaccines in the fight against cancer and for the prevention of certain hospital-acquired infections and serious infections in newborns through the vaccination of pregnant women. Vaccine with messenger RNA against Covid-19 In the fight against Covid-19 , we have developed a messenger RNA vaccine in collaboration with the German company BioNTech. This type of vaccine does not contain any live virus. It instructs the body's cells to make viral proteins that the immune system can recognize and fight. Sources PREVENTION VACCINATION Vaccination and travel Vaccination in children and adolescents Vaccination in adults COVID-19 QUIT SMOKING YOUR HEALTH PREVENTION YOUR HEALTH COVID-19 YOUR HEALTH VACCINATION AND TRAVEL YOUR HEALTH VACCINATION IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS YOUR HEALTH VACCINATION IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS YOUR HEALTH VACCINATION IN ADULTS YOUR HEALTH Healthy living Diseases and therapeutic areas OUR MEDICINES AZ Types of medicines Drug availability Report an adverse event RESEARCH AND INNOVATION Drug development Our medicines in development gene therapy ABOUT US Pfizer in Belgium Pfizer in Luxembourg Our mission Commitment Partners Transparency WORKING AT PFIZER Values jobs Our daily life CONTACTS JOBS(EXTERNE LINK) NEWS AND MEDIA INVESTORS(EXTERNE LINK) PFIZER FOR PROFESSIONALS SUPPLIERS CHANGE REGION(EXTERNE LINK) (EXTERNE LINK) (EXTERNE LINK) (EXTERNE LINK) (EXTERNE LINK) TERMS OF USE PRIVACY POLICY(EXTERNE LINK) COOKIES(EXTERNE LINK) We need your consent to proceed We use cookies to enhance your website experience. We use necessary cookies to ensure our website functions properly and to keep it secure. These always need to be on. We use analytics cookies to measure website use, to learn what content is most useful to users and to help us improve it. We use marketing cookies to help us share content with you that you may find interesting and relevant. We use personalisation cookies to help manage your preferences and remember your settings. For more information see our Cookie Notice. Manage PreferencesDecline AllAccept All