Health Curriculum: Unit 6--Main text: Grades 7-11

Fighting Disease:
Health At The End Of The Millennium
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	Introduction
	How They Work
	How They Spread
	Poverty and Disease
	Prevention
	Immunization

Unit 6
Immunization

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(GRADES 7-11)

National Immunization Days

One of the most effective weapons in immunization campaigns is the National Immunization Day (NID), which is declared and carried out by countries in order to reach the maximum number of people possible. Volunteers and experts are mobilized to vaccinate millions of children. It is often effective to have neighboring countries conduct NIDs at the same time to reduce the risks of the disease traveling to other locations. Here are some examples:

	Fourteen countries organized NIDs in 1995 to mark World Health Day (April 7): 42 million children were targeted.
	A coordinated campaign of 18 countries in the Middle East, the Caucasus and Central Asia targeted 56 million children.
	In 1995, India alone immunized 82 million children against Polio in one day.

Many NIDs specifically target polio because it is so close to being eradicated.

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