Analysis On The Knowledge, Attitude And Practice Regarding Immunization Of Under-five Children Among Mothers Attending Antenatal Clinic (ANC)
Abstract
Immunization is a ultramodern phenomenon; it has saved millions of lives worldwide and its origin dates back ancient Greece. In the 14th century the Chinese discovered and used a primitive form of vaccination called variolation. The end was to help small spell by exposing healthy people to towel from the scabs caused by the complaint this is the first recorded attempt at vaccination. The British croaker Dr. Edward Jenner in 1796 discovered vaccination in its ultramodern form and proved to the scientific community that it worked. He was considered the author of vaccinology in the west after he invested a 13 time old boy with vaccine of a contagion( cow spell) and demonstrated impunity to small spell. By 1798, the first small spell vaccine wasdeveloped.Immunization is the most effective system of precluding contagious conditions. wide impunity due to vaccination is largely responsible for the worldwide eradication of smallpox and the restrictions of complaint similar as polio, measles and tetanus. Generally immunization involves stimulating vulnerable responses with contagious agents, i.e. priming the vulnerable system with an immunogen with the intention of creating specific resistance to an contagious complaint. Simply put a process by which an existent’s vulnerable system becomes fortified against an agent.