Vaccination

• Also known as immunization.
• A process where a person is made immune to infectious diseases by using a vaccine.
• Stimulates the body’s immune system to produce antibodies.

Importance of Vaccines

• Boosts antibody production.
• Controls and eliminates life-threatening diseases.
• Cost-effective, especially in hard-to-reach areas.
• Can kill organisms or induce immunity.

Importance of Vaccination

• Aims to prevent diseases.
• Easier and cost-effective to prevent diseases than to treat them.
• Helps thwart epidemics (e.g., measles, mumps, whooping cough)