This document provides an overview of vaccination programs and implementation. It discusses vaccine-preventable diseases, types of vaccines, routes of administration, levels of effectiveness, and the history of vaccination programs in India. Key points include: immunization aims to prevent or eradicate diseases; common vaccine-preventable diseases include diphtheria, measles, and polio; vaccines can be live, attenuated, inactivated, or toxoids; and India's vaccination efforts began in the early 1800s with smallpox vaccination and expanded in the late 20th century with the Universal Immunisation Programme.