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Last Updated:April 24, 2025, 09:47 IST
Every year during the last week of April, World Immunization Week is observed to educate people and promote the use of vaccination in order to prevent life-threatening diseases.
World Immunization Week was first marked in 2012.
World Immunization Week is one of the most important healthcare events that focuses on promoting the usage and life-saving power of vaccination to help people fight against preventable diseases. In collaboration with various international and local organisations, the World Health Organization (WHO) marks this worldwide event to educate people about the importance of vaccination and protect them from life-threatening illnesses for which immunisation is available.
This event is typically observed during the last week of April. This year, World Immunization Week will be celebrated from April 24 to 30.
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World Immunization Week 2025 Theme
This year the theme for World Immunization Week is “Immunization for All is Humanly Possible.” This year’s theme highlights the achievements of vaccinations to prevent life-threatening diseases and emphasises the WHO’s global commitment to making vaccinations accessible to all irrespective of age and location.
World Immunization Week History
The World Health Assembly, the decision-making body of WHO, endorsed the idea of promoting and observing a week dedicated to immunisation in 2012. The week was first marked in the same year. During its first celebration, more than 180 countries participated.
Significance of World Immunization Week
Vaccines are a cost-efficient way that effectively combats diseases and protects children and adults. Since the establishment of national immunisation programs, vaccines have successfully prevented and eradicated various life-threatening diseases. Throughout the years proper immunisation has also contributed to lowering the global mortality rate in children.
World Immunization Week is observed to promote the importance of vaccination among communities, support vaccination programs at the local, national, and global levels, protect the lives of children, work towards reducing global health risks, and address vaccine hesitancy, among other objectives.
World Immunization Week Quotes
- “Vaccines are among the most-powerful inventions in history, making once-feared diseases preventable.” – Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
- “Immunization is a key component of primary health care and an indisputable human right.” – WHO
- “Vaccine saves lives, fear endangers them. It’s a simple message parents need to keep hearing.” – Jeffrey Kluger
- “Vaccines are the tugboats of human health.” – William Foege
- “Misinformation or distrust of vaccines can be like a contagion that can spread as fast as measles.” – Theresa Tam.
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