Should Every Medical College have a Dedicated Vaccination Clinic?

Abstract

Vaccination has been proven to be one of the most efficient and affordable health interventions available worldwide to prevent diseases and deaths. Global vaccination services had good coverage during 2022 yet 20.5 million children are still missing their life saving vaccines. Establishing a dedicated vaccination clinic especially in the private institutions could be one solution to further improve childhood as well as adult vaccination coverage. A dedicated vaccination clinic or centre is a specified premises within the institution for strict adherence to the “Rights” to be observed while administering vaccines to individuals for conferring both specific and extra-specific protection, to promote both innate and adaptive immunity for building strong population immunity.

Keywords

• vaccination clinic
• medical college
• need