"IMMUNIZATION IS ONE OF THE MOST BENEFICIAL AND COST EFFECTIVE DISEASE PREVENTIVE MEASURE."

“IMMUNIZATION IS A DYNAMIC PROCESS AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION VARIES FROM COUNTRY TO COUNTRY AND EVEN REGION TO REGION IN A COUNTRY. VARIOUS FACTORS SUCH AS ENDEMICITY OF A DISEASE IN AN AREA, GEOGRAPHICAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, AWARENESS AND ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF ADMINISTRATION AS WELL AS SOCIETY ARE KEYS TO THE SUCCESS OF AN IMMUNIZATION MOVEMENT.”

Abbreviation :

aP           Acellular petussis vaccine (normal dose)

ap           Low dose acellular petussis vaccine (booster dose)

BCG       Bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccine

D             Diptheria vaccine (normal dose)

d             Low dose dipetheria vaccine (booster dose)

DT           Diphtheria & Tetanus Toxoid

DTP        Diphtheria Tetanus and Pertussis

GOI        Government of India

HepB     Hepatitis B vaccine

Hib         Haemophilus infuenzae type b vaccine

HPV       Human papilloma virus vaccine

ID            Intradermal

IM          Intramuscular

IPV         Inactivated polio vaccine

MenC    Meningococcal meningitis C conjugate vaccine

MMR     Mumps, Measles and Rubella vaccine

OPV       Oral Polio Vaccine

PCV7     Pneumococcal heptavalent conjugate vaccine

R             Rubella vaccine

RTV        Rotavirus vaccine

SC           Subcutaneous

T              Tetanus vaccine (normal dose)

t              Low dose tetanus vaccine (booster dose)

Td           Tetanus Toxoid with lower dose of diphtheria toxoid

Tdap      Tetanus Toxoid with lower dose of diphtheria toxoid and acellular pertussis

TT           Tetanus Toxoid

Var         Varicella vaccine

wP          Whole cell pertusis vaccine