National Vaccination Day
National Vaccination Day 2024: Vaccines play an important role in eradicating diseases that used to be deadly at one point of time. Diseases such as Polio and Smallpox were widespread and claimed a lot of lives, till vaccination against these diseases came in. Vaccination enables us to have a better life without the risk of diseases.
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Every year, National Vaccination Day is observed on March 16
Every year, National Vaccination Day is observed on March 16. This year, the special day falls on a Saturday.In 1988, the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Polio Eradication Initiative was started as the first step of eradicating the disease from the planet. In 1995, on the same day, the government of India started the pulse polio Immunisation Programme as the first attempt of eradicating the disease from the country. Since then, March 16 has been celebrated as National Vaccination Day.
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