Question

What are the immunisation programmes available at the nearest health center of your locality? Which of these are the major health problems of your area?

Answer 1

1. Vaccines are given to babies and children of various ages as part of the immunization program.
2. Routine immunization for babies begins at two months of age.
3. My neighborhood's health center offers a variety of public health programs.
4. These include a childhood immunization program in which local children are immunized against infectious and non-infectious diseases such as chickenpox, measles, hepatitis A, cholera, meningitis, encephalitis, diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, and others.
5. In addition, the government has launched the Pulse Polio Programme to eradicate polio in India.
6. Throughout the country, children under the age of five are vaccinated for polio by administering two drops of polio vaccine every one or two months.
7. Our health center also can immunize pregnant women.