Why vaccination?
Vaccination helps prevent illness from viruses & bacteria. Vaccines train our body to fight diseases like pneumonia, influenza, herpes zoster, chicken pox, hepatitis, and cervical cancer (HPV). Vaccination reduces the mortality & hospitalisation. Vaccination can create the difference between life & death.
Top vaccine-preventable diseases
The diseases that are prevented through vaccination are called vaccine-preventable disease.
Pneumococcal pneumonia
Pneumococcal pneumonia caused by bacteria attacks the lungs and middle ear. It can cause serious illness, hospitalisation, and death. a million hospitalisations and more than 50,000 deaths reported each year.
Influenza
A common viral infection that attacks our lungs, throat, and nose. This is highly contagious and spreads from person to person. more than 1 crore incidences in India every year.
Carvical cancer
CHPV - It causes cal cancer (HPV). It is caused by human papillomavirus. more than 10 million cases per year in India, and in every 8 minutes, one Indian woman loses her life to cervical cancer.
Hepatitis A & B
A highly contagious liver infection due to a virus. High spreadability is observed. In India, 1.5 million hepatitis A and more than 3 crore hepatitis B cases are registered every year.