China has effectively controlled the incidence of infectious diseases through vaccination and national immunization program. 1995, China blocked the spread of local polio virus by taking oral polio sugar pills, and thousands of children avoided limb disability; After the popularization of hepatitis B vaccine for newborns, the hepatitis B virus carrying rate of children under 5 years old in China dropped from 9.7% in 1992 to 0.3% in 20 14 years. In the middle of last century, the number of measles cases in China was as high as 9 million, and by 20 17, the number of measles cases was less than 6,000.
Diphtheria can cause hundreds of thousands of children to get sick every year before universal immunization of children. After 2006, there were no diphtheria cases reported in China. In the 1960s, the highest incidence of epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis in China was as high as 3.04 million cases. By 20 17, the number of cases had been less than 200 cases. Nearly 200,000 cases of Japanese encephalitis were reported in the highest year, and only 1,000 cases occurred in 20 17 years. The implementation of the national immunization program has effectively protected children's health and life safety. It is the responsibility of the whole society to continuously improve the quality of immunization services and maintain a high level of vaccination rate. Source: Xinhua News Agency