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Data about worldwide vaccination! $35 billion needed globally for immunization
Globally $35 billion will be required for immunization in the next ten years to save an additional ten million lives.

The money will go towards reaching more children with basic vaccines, improving health care systems and introducing new vaccines such as those for pneumococcus, rotavirus, meningitis and Japanese encephalitis, a UNICEF and WHO report released here revealed....

Immunization in children
In Asia it is common to have several children, as infant mortality rates were extremely high.

In India, infant mortality is still sadly a very common phenomenon. Recent survey conducted shows that many of these deaths could be prevented if more awareness is established on the government immunization programs. Ironically, India’s Immunization Program is one of the largest in the world in terms of quantities of vaccines used, numbers of beneficiaries, and the numbers of immunization sessions organized when considering diversity and the geographical spread of the country.

Child immunization is the act of preventing childhood diseases such as diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, poliomyelitis, typhoid and childhood tuberculosis, measles, chicken pox and small pox by giving chemical substances, which contains the contributing organization at a reduced viral state. Most immunizations can be given either through an injection or through the mouth.

Vaccines: Prevention is better than cure
Vaccines and immunoglobulins are agents used for both forms of immunisation- active and passive. Active immunisation increases the resistance to infection following recovery from an infection or artificially through administration of vaccine. Passive immunization is achieved by administration of antibodies of either animal or human origin. Immunisation vaccines are currently used for active immunisation against various diseases such as Tuberculosis, Polio, Diphtheria, Measles, Meningitis, Mumps, Influenza, Typhoid, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Tetanus, Cholera, Rabies, and Rubella.

Tuberculosis and Vaccination
Tuberculosis (TB), caused by the bacteria ‘Mycobacterium tuberculosis’ claims approximately 2 million lives a year. The figure would rise to 3 million if the list includes HIV positive individuals who die with active TB. Worldwide, the case fatality rate associated with the disease is nearly 23%. In places where there is a high prevalence of HIV (Africa), the rate is as high as 50 %. The BCG vaccine is recommended in the prevention of primary tuberculosis, especially to prevent the most serious manifestations of the disease. The immunization programme has been estimated to prevent only 5% of all potentially vaccine preventable deaths due to TB. A joint public-private effort must be created to increase public awareness regarding tuberculosis prevention.
Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man. ~Rabindranath Tagore
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