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What are the immunisation programmes available at the nearest health centre in your locality? Which of these diseases are the major health problems in your area?  

Answer:

The following immunisation programme is available at the nearest health centre in our locality (i) Immunisation for infants—DPT, BCG, polio, measles and MMR. (ii) For children—Typhoid, TT, DT, small pox and TAB. (iii) For pregnant woman— TT and hepatitis-B. The diseases like typhoid, polio, measles, tetanus are the major health problems in our locality. To prevent these diseases, our government have initiated expanded immunisation programme all over the country.