Source: Press Information Bureau , Government of India .
Dated: 16 January,2012
India has declared year 2012 as the year of intensification of routine immunization. The present full immunization coverage of children is 61%. The key objective of this campaign is to improve full immunization coverage and reach all children, particularly in remote, inaccessible and backward areas as well as in urban slums. The strategies that are being deployed include: Updating of Micro plans to cover all villages and hamlets in the country; Special immunization drives in pockets of low immunization coverage; Intensification of immunization activity by observing immunization weeks in low performing states; IEC related activities for demand generation towards immunization; Deployment of adequate number of Health workers ; Prioritization of areas with exclusive strategy for 200 districts poor performing districts in the country; and Special focus on migrant and mobile populations.
Government of India has also expanded the Universal Immunization Progranme (UIP) by introducing 2nd dose of Measles, Hepatitis B and Pentavalent vaccination: India has introduced second dose of measles vaccine in UIP. The target is to vaccinate more than 12 crore children through Supplementary Immunization Activity (SIA) in 14 states of which 3.4 crore children have already been vaccinated. This will prevent an estimated 1 lakh measles related death. Hepatitis B has been expanded and universalized across the entire country. Pentavalent, a combination vaccine against five diseases (Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus, Hepatitis B and Haemophilus influenza B) has been introduced on pilot basis in 2 States – Tamil Nadu and Kerala - in mid December 2011. The initial response of the community has been very encouraging and more than one lakh children have been successfully vaccinated within the 1st month.
In order to track every child for assured delivery of immunization services, a web enabled name based tracking system has been put in place with a database of more than 10 million children. Parents are being sent SMS alerts before the due date of vaccination and health workers are also now receiving the list of children due for vaccination through SMS. This is expected to improve immunization coverage substantially within the next one year and facilitate real time reporting on immunization coverage.
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Dated: 16 January,2012
India has declared year 2012 as the year of intensification of routine immunization. The present full immunization coverage of children is 61%. The key objective of this campaign is to improve full immunization coverage and reach all children, particularly in remote, inaccessible and backward areas as well as in urban slums. The strategies that are being deployed include: Updating of Micro plans to cover all villages and hamlets in the country; Special immunization drives in pockets of low immunization coverage; Intensification of immunization activity by observing immunization weeks in low performing states; IEC related activities for demand generation towards immunization; Deployment of adequate number of Health workers ; Prioritization of areas with exclusive strategy for 200 districts poor performing districts in the country; and Special focus on migrant and mobile populations.
Government of India has also expanded the Universal Immunization Progranme (UIP) by introducing 2nd dose of Measles, Hepatitis B and Pentavalent vaccination: India has introduced second dose of measles vaccine in UIP. The target is to vaccinate more than 12 crore children through Supplementary Immunization Activity (SIA) in 14 states of which 3.4 crore children have already been vaccinated. This will prevent an estimated 1 lakh measles related death. Hepatitis B has been expanded and universalized across the entire country. Pentavalent, a combination vaccine against five diseases (Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus, Hepatitis B and Haemophilus influenza B) has been introduced on pilot basis in 2 States – Tamil Nadu and Kerala - in mid December 2011. The initial response of the community has been very encouraging and more than one lakh children have been successfully vaccinated within the 1st month.
In order to track every child for assured delivery of immunization services, a web enabled name based tracking system has been put in place with a database of more than 10 million children. Parents are being sent SMS alerts before the due date of vaccination and health workers are also now receiving the list of children due for vaccination through SMS. This is expected to improve immunization coverage substantially within the next one year and facilitate real time reporting on immunization coverage.
SBS/PM
Link : http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=79602
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