30% of India's Rich Children are Not Fully Immunised

As per the National Family Health Survey of 2016, 47% of the poor children and 30% rich are not fully immunised in India. Poorly immunised children are more prone to preventable diseases. Every year 5 lakh children die due to vaccine-preventable diseases. The reasons include vaccine hesitancy, poverty, illiteracy, access to health care and even […]

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Update: 2019-10-06 02:34 GMT
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As per the National Family Health Survey of 2016, 47% of the poor children and 30% rich are not fully immunised in India. Poorly immunised children are more prone to preventable diseases.

Every year 5 lakh children die due to vaccine-preventable diseases. The reasons include vaccine hesitancy, poverty, illiteracy, access to health care and even the birth order of the children.

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