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प्रश्न
Which vaccines are given to infants? Why?
उत्तर
- Young children have low natural immunity, so vaccines are given to protect them from infectious diseases.
- BCG vaccine, given within the first week after birth, provides protection against tuberculosis.
- After this, a triple vaccine (DPT - Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus) (diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus) is given in the third, fourth and fifth months. It contains preventive vaccines for diseases like whooping cough and gonorrhoea.
- At the time of triple vaccination, oral polio doses are given.
- After this, the nine-month-old child is given MMR (Mumps, Measles, Rubella), i.e., a preventive vaccine for diseases like mumps, measles and rubella.
- School-going children are vaccinated against typhoid and cholera and sometimes also given against hepatitis.
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