AY Honor Vaccines Requirements

Vaccines

Skill Level

1

Year

2025

Version

04.11.2025

Approval authority

South American Division

1. Explain how vaccines work and the meaning of the word vaccine.

2. Tell the story of the emergence of the first vaccine.

3. Explain the characteristics, advantages, and disadvantages of the following vaccines:

a. Attenuated

b. Inactivated

c. Viral vector

d. Subunit

e. RNA

4. What was the first disease eradicated in the world as a result of vaccination?

5. Create a table with the vaccines available through your country's public health service. What diseases do they prevent and when should they be administered?

6. Explain the steps involved in developing a new vaccine.

7. What is the importance of having a large number of people vaccinated? What is herd immunity or collective immunity?