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Health Benefits of Immunization
Immunization is a scientific means of making people, particularly children resist deadly or killer-diseases. Scientist has succeeded in getting vaccines or chemical substances which can be injected to a person’s body to act as a protection against diseases. About fifteen years ago a lot of infants who were not vaccinated or immunized as died as a result of the attack of whooping cough, measles, diphtheria, smallpox and chickenpox in my state.
A good number of children who survived were those whose parents took nice decision to inoculate. Most parents, who tried to thwart the altruistic efforts of the health officials, lived to regret their actions. While children who were inoculated lived, their own children died in dozen.
According to UNICEF and I quote;
Immunization saves up to 3 million children each year. Vaccines keep children alive and healthy by protecting them against disease. Immunization is especially important for the hardest to reach families as it can also be a bridge to other life-saving care for mothers and children in isolated communities – such as child nutritional screening, anti-malarial mosquito nets, vitamin A supplements and de-worming tablets. Immunization is one of the most successful and cost-effective public health investments we can make for future generations. Vaccines are protecting more children than ever before. But, in 2012, nearly one in five infants - 22.6 million children - missed out on the basic vaccines they need to stay healthy. Low immunization levels compromise gains in all other areas of health for mothers and children.
Children who are timely and properly immunized can enjoy good years in their infant years. This makes child bearing and rearing less cumbersome if not totally without tears. Vaccinated children grow up to healthy adults. Their growth is not impaired or stunted by measles or any of those debilitating diseases; some of the diseases are capable of impairing the part of a human brain of the children.