Why Immunisation is Important?

[Geoff Brice]

Immunisation is the best way to protect yourself, your family, and your friends from different types of serious diseases. There are lots of health problems that happen due to the spread of specific viruses. The emergence of the global pandemic COVID-19 is a recent illustration. The problem with these health problems is that they are not treated with medicines or antibiotics. The only way to restrict or control their spread is through strong immunisation. Health issues like smallpox or polio, which were incurable a few years back are now no more a threat in the entire world.

Reasons to Immunize: The availability of vaccines have helped society in getting an effective treatment against serious health problems and getting rid of childhood rates. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), “The 2 public health interventions that have had the greatest impact on the world's health are clean water and vaccines.”

Immunisation is the Safe Tool Against Virus Generated Diseases: It is mandatory to get all the vaccines approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration in Australia. It is an agency that monitors the safety measures adopted in making medicines in Australia. Before vaccinating any vaccine, it is tested intensively for several years to ensure its safety and benefits.

Benefits of Immunisation: Immunisation helps in boosting our immune system and makes our body capable of fighting against harmful viruses. Some of the benefits offered by immunisation are:

Benefits to Children: As a child grows he is exposed to various health-related risks, the most important being infection. Some of these issues may result in mild illness, whereas some result in serious illness, sometimes even to death at an early age. Immunisation helps in protecting them from serious diseases. Moving ahead immunisation offers peace of mind to parents that their child is safe from dangerous infections.

Benefits to Society: Children are the future of every nation and ifser they are healthy and protected from severe diseases, we can expect our country to be in safe hands.