National Vaccination Day, also known as the National Immunization Day, is observed in India annually on March 16. On this day, we spread awareness about the importance of vaccines.
According to the World Health Organization, vaccination is an effective and safe way of preventing harmful diseases before one contracts them. A vaccine uses the body’s natural defences to build a resistance wall to specific infections and make the vaccinated individual’s immune system stronger.
History:
The World Health Organization (WHO) Global Polio Eradication Initiative begun as the initial step of removing this disease from the planet.
In 1995, around the same time, the government of India began the pulse polio Vaccination Program as the first attempt of uprooting this sickness from the country. From that point forward, March 16 has been celebrated as National Vaccination Day.