Join us for the first episode of the podcast series, From Immunity to Protection: Expert Conversations on Pneumococcal Vaccination , where we lay the foundation for understanding the science behind vaccination. A strong understanding of immunology forms the basis of everyday vaccination practice. In this episode, we introduce the key concepts of vaccinology, including vaccine efficacy, effectiveness, safety, and immunogenicity, helping clinicians understand how vaccines are evaluated, how they perform in real-world settings, and how they elicit protective immune responses.
It also provides an overview of practical immunization concepts such as catch-up immunization and co-administration. ¹–⁴ Building on these fundamentals, the episode explores how innate and adaptive immunity work together to generate immune memory and long-lasting protection.⁵ It explains the immune response following…
