WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO VACCINATE CHILDREN ?

Vaccines play a crucial role in preventing, attenuating, eliminating and eradicating all vaccine preventable diseases. Once a vaccine is administered, depending on the type of vaccine, it stimulates and activates the immune system in our body to produce protective antibodies against that particular disease. This is like a “practice run” for the immune system, so that when the vaccinated child is exposed or infected by the actual disease, their immune system is ready to fight the infection.

All vaccine preventable disease in India are life-saving and prevents the dreaded complications of the disease. They include polio, extra-pulmonary TB, measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, haemophilia influenza B, hepatitis B, hepatitis A, varicella, typhoid, influenza virus, rotavirus, yellow fever, meningococcus, pneumococcal, HPV.