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Noun

immunisation - the act of making immune (especially by inoculation)

protection - the activity of protecting someone or something; "the witnesses demanded police protection"

inoculation, vaccination - taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease

sensitising, sensitizing, sensitisation, sensitization - rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injections

Translations

تَحْصين، إكْساب مناعَه

Immunisierung

bólusetning, ónæmisaîgerî

immunisering vaksinering

免疫

immune

(iˈmjuːn) adjective

(with to or from) protected against, or naturally resistant to, eg a disease. immune to measles; immune from danger.

imˈmunity noun

ˈimmunize, ˈimmunise (ˈimju-) verb

to make immune to a disease, especially by an injection of a weak form of the disease.

ˌimmuniˈzation, ˌimmuniˈsation noun

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THE Kaduna State Primary Healthcare Development Agency has started a six-day National Immunisation Plus in the state.

Poliomyelitis: Kaduna Govt Begins National Immunisation Plus Days

Rangpur City Corporation (RpCC) has launched a digitised permanent centre for expanded programme on immunization (EPI) aiming at turning the city into Model of Urban Immunisation, reports BSS.

Digitised EPI centre launched in Rangpur city

ISLAMABAD -- As World Immunisation Week begins, the new chief health official of the government has called for improving the incumbent immunisation regime which works to reach every child to protect them against diseases.

New health minister for accelerated, enhanced immunisation coverage

Delayed immunisation against vaccine preventable diseases-factors responsible among children under 5 years of age.

Assessment of immunization status among children aged 0-5 years at Surendranagar city, Gujarat

PESHAWAR -- Speakers at a training session here on Monday urged the civil society organisations to extend support to the expanded programme on immunisation to achieve its target and vaccinate all the children in the province to save them from different fatal diseases.

Civil society groups urged to help vaccinate children

Children aged five and below could miss scheduled immunisation because of the ongoing nurses' strike.

Fears children could miss immunisation due to strike

A 'catch up' system ensures that residents are reminded to immunise their child as soon as possible if a date has been skipped, said an official from the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) to stress on the importance of immunisation, during the ongoing World Immunisation Week.

DHA to 'catch up' with vaccination defaulters

Immunisation is the process whereby a person is made immune or resistant to an infectious disease, typically by the administration of a vaccine.

HMC intensifies efforts to raise awareness of vaccine-preventable diseases: Dr Muna al Maslamani

ISLAMABAD: Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) and Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) signed a landmark agreement for immunisation of BISP beneficiaries in Gilgit-Baltistan region.The partnership is expected to directly assist 5,000 BISP beneficiaries and 9,000 children in four districts of GB.

BISP, EPI sign agreement for immunisation of BISP beneficiaries in GB

Understanding the factors that contribute to immunisation declines for children is important to achieve the Ministry of Health's (MOH) target of 95 percent of all eight-month-old infants fully immunised (MOH, 2015).

THE MANAGEMENT OF IMMUNISATION DECLINERS IN WAIKATO GENERAL PRACTICES

New Zealand's childhood immunisation programme is delivered almost exclusively by practice nurses in general practice settings.

Identifying best practice in childhood immunisation: a study into best practice in achieving high rates of childhood immunisation shows the keys include effective teamwork, creating good connections with parents and caregivers, and taking a systematic approach