20 May 2014

Special- World Immunization Week


Sita Devi outside a market stall
India’s Universal Immunization Programme is the largest in the world. Every year around nine million routine immunization.

In India, Routine Immunization (RI) programme caters to a birth cohort of 27 million infants and 30 million pregnant women saving the lives of 400,000 children annually.

The full Immunization coverage in India has increased from 35.5 per cent in 1992-93 to 61 per cent in 2009. About 31 per cent are partially immunized and 8 per cent are not immunized at all. Out of 27 million children born in India every year, 7.2 million children still miss out on basic vaccines that could mean the difference between life and death.

The poorest and the most marginalized children are excluded, despite being those who need immunization the most. Each and every one of us has a responsibility to shield children from illness with vaccination – especially the most vulnerable.We cannot rest until the lives of all children everywhere are protected through immunization. Each and every one of us has a responsibility to shield our children from illness with vaccination – especially the most vulnerable.

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