{"id":50064,"date":"2019-07-17T16:18:45","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T10:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?page_id=50064"},"modified":"2019-07-17T16:22:17","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T10:52:17","slug":"answered-20-million-children-worldwide-missed-out-on-life-saving-vaccines-last-year-according-to-new-data-from-the-who-and-the-unicef-in-light-of-this-discuss-importance-of-vaccin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-20-million-children-worldwide-missed-out-on-life-saving-vaccines-last-year-according-to-new-data-from-the-who-and-the-unicef-in-light-of-this-discuss-importance-of-vaccin\/","title":{"rendered":"[Answered] \u201c20 million children worldwide missed out on life-saving vaccines last year, according to new data from the WHO and the UNICEF\u201d. In light of this discuss importance of vaccination in ensuring health security to children. How India can ensure timely vaccination to every child?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Demand of the question<\/strong> <br><strong>Introduction. <\/strong>Contextual introduction. <br><strong>Body. <\/strong>Importance if vaccination. What should be done? <br><strong>Conclusion. <\/strong>Way forward. <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p>Vaccination is the administration of a vaccine (a microorganism or virus in a weakened or killed state, or proteins or toxins from the organism) to help the immune system develop protection from a disease. Recent data shows that twenty million children worldwide missed out on life-saving vaccines against diseases such as measles, diphtheria and tetanus in 2018. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why vaccinating child is important?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Saves life<\/strong>: Vaccination protect\nchild against life threatening diseases. Many diseases kill thousands of\nchildren annually. Vaccination prevent such diseases. Some diseases have been\neliminated completely due to safe and effective vaccination. E.g Polio. <\/li><li><strong>Save money<\/strong>: Some diseases can\nresult in prolonged disabilities which can be prevented through vaccination. It\nput financial burden in terms of cost of medical bills. Vaccination reduce such\ncosts by limiting diseases. <\/li><li><strong>Protects future generations<\/strong>: Vaccination\nprotects future generation by preventing disease spreading from one generation\nto other. For example, smallpox has been eradicated worldwide. E.g. by\nvaccinating against rubella (German measles), the risk that pregnant women will\npass this virus on to their foetus or newborn has been dramatically decreased.<\/li><li><strong>Promote health<\/strong>: Unlike many other\nhealth interventions, they help people stay healthy, ensuring human\ndevelopment. It improve our body\u2019s fighting mechanism and enhance our immune\nsystem.<\/li><li><strong>Prevent epidemic<\/strong>: They protect\nindividuals, communities, and entire populations. Vaccination stops disease in\nindividual and prevent its further spread. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is needed?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Political and Bureaucratic Support<\/strong>: Vaccination programs need political and bureaucratic support at all levels. There is need to increase focus on routine immunisation. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Vaccine Stock management system<\/strong>: Many\nhealth facilities lack proper stock of vaccines. Ensuring an uninterrupted\nsupply of all vaccines to state level through a vaccine stock management system\nis must. <\/li><li><strong>Proper Information, education and communication:<\/strong>\nLack of awareness is the main barrier for vaccination. Focus should be on\nincreasing demand for vaccination by bringing immunisation closer to the\ncommunities. <\/li><li><strong>Methods to Improve Routine Immunisation<\/strong>:\nThe number of immunisation \u2018<strong>delivery points<\/strong>\u2019 especially in rural and\nremote area should be increased. \u2018<strong>Immunisation booths<\/strong>\u2019 should be\nconstructed at every locality in urban areas particularly in slums, and local\nmunicipality board member should be made accountable for their performances. <\/li><li><strong>Proper Monitoring of the Program<\/strong>: The\nadministrative and governance-related loopholes need to be addressed. Some\nstates have been performing very well. Best practices should be emulated in bad\nperforming states.<\/li><li><strong>Accountability needs to be set and\nmonitored<\/strong>: Accountability is needed from health worker level till the\nhighest level. Each level of the healthcare facility should be accountable to\nthe immediate superior rung in the hierarchy. Immunisation sessions should be\nsupervised by a medical officer as done in Tamil Nadu, the only state of the\ncountry having this arrangement.<\/li><li><strong>Regulatory Authority<\/strong>: There is an\nurgent need of strengthening the regulatory framework. A <strong>national regulatory\nauthority <\/strong>should be created. Currently, the Indian NRA, i.e. the Drug\nController General of India is overburdened with performing many diverse tasks\nincluding marketing authorization and licensing activities related to drugs,\ncosmetics, vaccines, etc. We need a <strong>vaccine specific NRA<\/strong> to oversee\ndifferent issues related to vaccines such as licensing, post-marketing surveillance\netc. Also there should be a <strong>single window system<\/strong> to avoid regulatory\ndelays. <\/li><li><strong>Support to Indigenous Vaccine Industry<\/strong>:\nThough, the current national vaccine policy seems supportive of Indian vaccine\nindustry, there is still need to further improve Indian vaccine sector to meet\nthe indigenous demand of vaccines. <\/li><li><strong>Research and Development (R&amp;D)<\/strong>:\nInvestment in research and development is must to develop new vaccines and\nimproved vaccines. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Immunisation has delivered excellent results in reducing mortality from childhood infections in the last 50 years. Although the success has not been as spectacular. More is needed to achieve a healthy nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Demand of the question Introduction. Contextual introduction. Body. Importance if vaccination. What should be done? Conclusion. Way forward. Vaccination is the administration of a vaccine (a microorganism or virus in a weakened or killed state, or proteins or toxins from the organism) to help the immune system develop protection from a disease. Recent data shows&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-20-million-children-worldwide-missed-out-on-life-saving-vaccines-last-year-according-to-new-data-from-the-who-and-the-unicef-in-light-of-this-discuss-importance-of-vaccin\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">[Answered] \u201c20 million children worldwide missed out on life-saving vaccines last year, according to new data from the WHO and the UNICEF\u201d. 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