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National Vaccination Day
March 19 , 2019
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- In 2019, India observed National Vaccination Day or sometimes called as National Immunization Day (NID) on March 10th.
- The observance of National Vaccination Day is an attempt to enhance awareness for the eradication of polio from planet earth.
- Every year on this day, millions of children are immunized with the polio vaccine.
Background
- Every year, India observes National Immunisation Day in January to mark the launch of pulse polio programme.
- Initially, India observed National Vaccination Day on 16th March every year.
- National Immunization Day was first observed on 16th March 1995 when first dose of Oral Polio Vaccine was given.
- In India, the last case of wild polio was reported on 13 January 2011.
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