Must Watch: Why you should vaccinate your child!

Zee Media Bureau/Salome Phelamei

New Delhi: As parents, we want to give our children a healthy start in life. And getting them vaccinated is one of the first big parental decisions.

 

Immunization or vaccination protects the child from serious illness and complications of vaccine-preventable diseases. It is one of the most successful and cost-effective means to help children grow into healthy adults.

There are 25 diseases that can be prevented by vaccines including diphtheria, measles, pertussis, pneumonia, polio, rotavirus diarrhoea, rubella and tetanus.

 

On the occasion of World Immunization Week, the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has released a video that speaks volume on the importance of routine immunization in kids.

Check out the video below and make sure that your child is protected.

Video credit: Ministry of Health & Family Welfare/YouTube