The National Immunization Program in India is a comprehensive initiative aimed at safeguarding public health by providing a structured framework for immunizing the population against preventable diseases. This program encompasses a wide range of vaccines designed to protect individuals of all ages, ...
The National Immunization Program in India is a comprehensive initiative aimed at safeguarding public health by providing a structured framework for immunizing the population against preventable diseases. This program encompasses a wide range of vaccines designed to protect individuals of all ages, from infants to the elderly. Through strategic planning, outreach efforts, and robust vaccination campaigns, the program strives to achieve widespread coverage, ensuring the nation's resilience against various infectious diseases. The initiative is a crucial component of India's public health strategy, promoting community well-being and contributing to the overall health security of the country.
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National immunization Program 2022 By Rahul Valath 90 B
Vaccination Vaccination is one of the most cost effective strategies available in public health today. In addition to protecting the vaccinated individual from developing a potentially serious disease, vaccines help protect the community by reducing the spread of infectious diseases. Immunization for infants worldwide has led to important long term effects on the traditional epidemiological patterns of major infectious diseases .
Universal Immunization Program Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP) is a vaccination programme launched by the Government of India in 1985. It became a part of Child Survival and Safe Motherhood Programme in 1992 and is currently one of the key areas under National Rural Health Mission since 2005. The programme now consists of vaccination for 12 diseases- tuberculosis, diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), tetanus, poliomyelitis, measles, hepatitis B, diarrhoea, Japanese encephalitis, rubella, pneumonia (haemophilus influenza type B) and Pneumococcal diseases (pneumococcal pneumonia and meningitis). Hepatitis B and Pneumococcal diseases[2] were added to the UIP in 2007 and 2017 respectively. The other additions in UIP through the way are inactivated polio vaccine (IPV), rotavirus vaccine (RVV), Measles-Rubella vaccine (MR). Four new vaccines have been introduced into the country’s Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP), including injectable polio vaccine, an adult vaccine against Japanese Encephalitis and Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine
National Immunization Schedule (NIS) for Infants, Children and Pregnant Women (Vaccine-wise)