National Vaccination Day celebrates on 16th March
Highlights:
- In India, the National Vaccination Day (also known as National Immunisation Day (IMD)) is observed on 16 March every year, to convey the importance of vaccination to the entire nation.
- The day was first observed in the year 1995. In 2022, the National Immunization Day is important since the Government of India has started the COVID-19 vaccination for children between 15 to 18 years of age and booster dose for senior citizens.
- The theme for National Vaccination Day or National Immunisation Day 2022 is “Vaccines Work for all”.
- It was in 1995 that India started the Pulse Polio Programme and the first dose of Oral Polio Vaccine was given.
- According to the World Health Organization, immunization is a process through which an individual’s immune system becomes fortified against foreign harm causing agents.
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