Nationwide Vaccination Day or Nationwide Immunisation Day is widely known on March 16 yearly throughout the nation to unfold consciousness concerning the significance of vaccines within the human well being. It highlights the significance of vaccines in to battle towards the deadly illnesses and to acknowledge and admire the onerous work of medical doctors, frontline well being care employees for making certain the vaccination of each baby.
Vaccination is a crucial facet of public well being. Vaccines present immunity to the physique towards future encounters by the identical pathogen. They’ve diminished the prevalence of a number of lethal illnesses like measles, hen pox, tetanus, rubella, polio, and most lately Covid-19.
Historical past:
The day was first noticed in in 1995 when the federal government of India formally launched the Pulse Polio Immunisation program to eradicate polio from the nation. On March 16, 1995, the primary dose of the oral polio vaccine was administered in India as a part of the World Well being Group’s (WHO) World Polio Eradication Initiative, which started in 1988. The vaccination program was popularised by means of a nationwide marketing campaign known as ‘Do Boond Zindagi Ki’.
Youngsters of age 0-5 years are administered two drops of the vaccine orally at public well being centres. In response to the World Well being Organisation (WHO), the final Polio case was reported in West Bengal’s Howrah in 2011 and the WHO declared India Polio free on March 27, 2014.
India is now shifting in direction of the eradication of measles and rubella by means of the vaccination of over 324 million kids by means of MR vaccination campaigns.
Significance:
Nationwide Vaccination Day is noticed to create consciousness amongst individuals about the advantages of vaccination kids and adults. Vaccination is the simplest technique of stopping extremely infectious illness and protecting them at bay. It additionally signifies the the necessity to get vaccinated and encourages to remain wholesome.
India lately witnessed how one vaccine helped nearly each citizen of the nation to grow to be immune towards Covid-19 at the same time as extra variants took over. Until date, 2,20,64,71,236 Covid vaccines have been administered within the nation.
Theme:
Yearly, the day is widely known below a selected theme. In 2022, the theme was, ‘Vaccines Work For Everybody’. Nonetheless, the theme for this 12 months just isn’t introduced but.