Bcg vaccine-3

•In India, BCG vaccine was first introduced in 1948 and was then made a part of universal immunisation programme and administered to millions of children at birth or soon after it.

•BCG vaccine has proved quite effective against the SARS infection also.

•Recent studies showed that it is effective in controlling blood sugar in people with diabetes type 1 and maintained better sugar levels for the next five years. It has also been found effective as bladder cancer therapy and increasing survival of low birth weight children.