Vaccination

• Vaccination is the use of vaccines to prevent and protect humans from several diseases, including some that could turn fatal.
• A vaccine is made using a tiny quantity of toxins or weak/dead germs that can cause diseases– for example, viruses and bacteria.
• This process prepares our body beforehand by generating powerful antibodies to fight the disease quickly and efficiently when the disease-causing micro-organism actually attacks our body.
• Vaccination is considered to be among the single most efficient way of preventing, controlling, or eradicating deadly diseases.
• For instance, vaccination has played a huge role in the eradication of smallpox and the near-eradication of polio.

Interesting Facts about Vaccination

• Animals and birds are also vaccinated to reduce their suffering and also to prevent the transmission of disease-causing micro-organisms to fellow animals or birds and even humans.