This year for World Immunization Week (April 24-30) experts from the Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) Mumbai came in with full support for national immunization efforts to save the lives of India s children under five. The country s goal is to reduce neonatal mortality to at least as low as 12 per 1000 live births and under-5 mortality to at least as low as 25 per 1000 live births by 2030 so that India can meet its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Pneumonia and diarrhea are the country s leading killer infectious diseases that claim the most number of lives