- 10/November/2019
World Immunisation Day - Ananthapuri Hospitals , Trivandrum
Kerala had significantly reduced burden of vaccine preventable disease for many decades through good immunization coverage. But in recent years kerala has witnessed re emerging of many vaccine preventable disease and death due to Diphtheria. Global Institute Of Public Health (GIPH), a public health initiative by Ananthapuri Hospitals and Research Institute, recently undertook a research on vaccination in Kerala. And found out that anti-vaccine social media message play an important role in the dip of vaccine coverage in kerala.
On this World Immunisation Day, we would like to share make people aware about the importance of getting timely vaccinations against vaccine-preventable diseases.
What is immunisation? Why is it important to get immunised?
Immunisation is the process of making a person immune or resistant to an infectious disease, typically by the administration of a vaccine. It is what happens in your body after you take the vaccination.
Immunisation helps protect you from life-threatening diseases and reduce the spread of disease to others.
How does vaccination protect you?
Vaccines stimulate your body’s immune system so that it can recognise the disease and protect you from subsequent infection or disease.
What can you, as an individual, do to make things better?
As a responsible citizen we all have a responsibility to protect our family members and ones community. If you’re a parent, get your child vaccinated in a nearby health centre. It is one of the most cost-effective health investments that does not require any major lifestyle change!
Let us all work together to reduce the immunisation gap!
Let’s be protected together!
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