Immunization is highly effective in reducing disease and mortality rates among children and communities.

Did you know?
• Diseases such as pneumonia, diarrhea, malaria, measles, HIV/AIDS are the primary killers of children in the developing world. Lack of access to routine immunization or health services, poverty, poor living conditions and malnutrition cause most of the deaths.

• Spread of infectious diseases can be effectively prevented if enough people are immunized. Especially children.

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activity:
Create a booklet using visual images to show why immunization is necessary. Use these images as a messaging tool to teach people about the need for immunization.

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By the year 2025, 500 million people worldwide will have died from a tobacco-related illness.

Did you know?
• There are over 4,000 chemicals, including ammonia (floor/toilet cleaner), arsenic (rat poison), formaldehyde (body tissue preserver), and hydrogen cyanide (gas chamber poison) contained in cigarette smoke.

• Chewing tobacco and bidis are as dangerous as cigarette smoking.

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activity:
Analyze a scene from a film where the hero/heroine is smoking. Does smoking in films encourage smoking in society? Write a debate expressing your viewpoint on this issue.

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