The vital role of immunisation for disease prevention

About this episode

Dr Ellie Cannon discusses the importance of vaccination in preventing infectious diseases with experts from Pfizer.

Dr Ellie Cannon is joined by Sir Jonathan Van-Tam OBE, Former Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England, and Dr Gillian Ellsbury, Primary Care Medical Director at Pfizer UK to discuss the role of vaccination to help prevent infectious diseases and how this can potentially reduce pressures on the NHS. PP-UNP-GBR-10718 / November 2024

People in this episode

Host: Dr Ellie Cannon

Guests: Sir Jonathan Van-Tam OBE, Dr Gillian Ellsbury

Topics covered

• immunisation
• disease prevention
• vaccination
• NHS
• infectious diseases

Keywords

• immunisation
• vaccination
• disease prevention
• NHS
• infectious diseases
• health
• public health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pfizer

Places: England

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