National vaccination day 2023 : Vaccination helps protect an individual and community from infectious diseases, so choose science over superstition.
National Immunization Day is celebrated to show the importance of vaccination
National Immunization Day is celebrated to show the importance of vaccination
The calendar says today is March 16, i.e. National Immunization Day. The importance of vaccination cannot be overstated. Recently, there is an uproar around the world about the corona vaccine. Just because of covid, several vaccinations are routinely administered from the time a child is born. And this vaccination is one of the keys to the healthy life of the child. Therefore, various vaccinations against polio, hepatitis B, measles, rubella, tetanus etc. have been made mandatory by the government. There was a time, many children were suffering from polio in our country, since the invention of vaccine, that picture has changed. So this one day of the year is observed as National Immunization Day to remember the need of vaccination.
Originally, this day is celebrated in the country on March 16 every year to commemorate the launch of the Pulse Polio Immunization Program. Immunization helps protect individuals and communities from infectious diseases. Discovered through this scientific method, vaccines have played an important role in preventing diseases such as polio, measles, rubella and tetanus from becoming fatal. This National Immunization Day serves as a reminder to get vaccinated and highlights the key benefits of vaccination for individuals and society.
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History of National Immunization Day
On March 16, 1995, after a long wait and research, Pulse Polio Vaccination was introduced at the national level in the country. Since then the Government of India observes the day as National Vaccination Day every year to commemorate that day. The first dose of oral polio vaccine was given on this day in 1995 as part of the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Polio Eradication Initiative, which began in 1988. Two drops of the oral vaccine are now mandatory at public health centers for children aged zero to five years. Incidentally, WHO declared India completely polio-free on 27 March 2014 as a positive result of the polio vaccination programme.
Significance of National Immunization Day
“If you want to save your child from polio, then join the vaccination program, choose science, not superstition”, said Carl Sagan. On the other hand, prominent researchers including Brad McKay, Theresa Tam, Seth Barkley, Jeffrey Kluger are aware of the importance of vaccination to prevent infectious diseases from children to any age group. Therefore, it is not necessary to say again that the medicine can be a vaccine against any infectious disease. And to honor the work of all the workers and researchers involved in the discovery of this vaccine, the Government of India started National Vaccination Day. Along with this day, the importance of comprehensive vaccination is highlighted more clearly to the common people.
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