{"id":1390,"date":"2020-11-08T23:43:27","date_gmt":"2020-11-08T23:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vip2-msd.com\/germany\/?page_id=1390"},"modified":"2025-04-07T15:34:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T15:34:58","slug":"vaccines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.msd-cyprus.com.cy\/en\/research\/focus-areas-overview\/vaccines\/","title":{"rendered":"Vaccines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"mco-b2-hero-block-block_900799103723886eb2c9d51a933775b0\" class=\"mco-b2-hero-block full mccberg-block\">\n    <div class=\"mco-b2-hero-block-wrapper\">\n        <div class=\"mco-b2-hero-block-image-section \">\n\n                            <div class=\"mco-b2-hero-block-image-container \">\n                    <picture >\n\t<source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.msd-cyprus.com.cy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2020\/10\/vaccines.jpeg?w=768\" 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class=\"wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"mco-title-block-content\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"mco-title-block-title\">Vaccines are one of the greatest public health success stories in history<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"mco-title-block-description\"><p>We recognize the potential for vaccines to serve as a powerful tool \u2014 helping to protect against certain potentially serious diseases, support public health care and advance health equity.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"mco-b5-content-block-block_5cb322456f52f7693fc95b24ab77492d\"\n     class=\"mco-b5-content-block mccberg-block negative left\">\n    <div class=\"wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t            <div class=\"mco-b5-content-block-image-section mco-b5-content-block-toggle-btn\">\n\t\t\t\t                <picture >\n                                                                        <source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\"\n                                    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We\u2019re working tirelessly to help prevent infectious diseases and improve access to vaccines for a more equitable future.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n                        <div class=\"mco-b5-content-block-content-buttons-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mco-b5-content-block-modal popup\" style=\"display: none;\" role=\"dialog\" >\n    <div class=\"popup-wrapper\">\n        <div class=\"mco-b5-content-block-modal-content popup-content\">\n            <button class=\"mco-b5-content-block-modal-close popup-close\" >&times;<\/button>\n            <div class=\"mco-b5-content-block-modal-video\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Our work in vaccines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Vaccines play a critical and enduring role in global public health, helping to prevent a variety of infectious diseases and making some once-feared diseases, such as smallpox, a thing of the past. Yet, vaccine-preventable diseases and outbreaks persist in some contexts \u2014 due largely to low vaccination rates often resulting from vaccine hesitancy or challenges with access.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#328a6a\"><em>\u201cWe\u2019re committed to advancing and mobilizing our scientific research and expertise, supply capacity and strong external collaborations to build awareness, trust, access and acceptance of vaccines among people everywhere.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<cite><strong>\u2014 Richard M. Haupt<\/strong>, vice president, head of global medical &amp; scientific affairs, vaccines and infectious diseases<br><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"background-color:#358282\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#358282;flex-basis:80%\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color\">Individuals are encouraged to speak with their health care provider about vaccines and immunizations that may be recommended for them or their families.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our work in vaccines Vaccines play a critical and enduring role in global public health, helping to prevent a variety of infectious diseases and making some once-feared diseases, such as smallpox, a thing of the past. 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