25 October 2014, New Delhi, K V Venkatasubramanian
Immunisation is one of the most effective methods of preventing childhood diseases. India has made significant achievements in preventing and controlling vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) under the Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP)- possibly one of the largest in the world in terms of quantities of vaccines used, number of beneficiaries (27 million infants and 30.2 million pregnant women), geographical spread (29 States and 6 Union Territories) and manpower involved. Polio eradication is a milestone.
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Diseases impair the normal state of a human being interrupting or modifying its vital functions. None, especially children, is immune from them. Right from birth, they engulf or chase humans. Most of us are ignorant or unmoved till we are afflicted. That vaccines can prevent diseases takes time to register in many minds.
Immunisation is one of the most effective methods of preventing childhood diseases. India has made significant achievements in preventing and controlling vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) under the Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP)- possibly one of the largest in the world in terms of quantities of vaccines used, number of beneficiaries (27 million infants and 30.2 million pregnant women), geographical spread (29 States and 6 Union Territories) and manpower involved. Polio eradication is a milestone.
Read full article here in Millennium Post
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