Putting mothers and children first

India plans to integrate the learnings from Intensified Mission Indradhanush with its universal immunisation programme, which is the largest in the world.

Reaching every child

IMI was launched in October 2017 to provide 90% full immunisation to 12-23 months old kids in 190 districts where immunisation was 50.5% or less in 2015-16, compared to 62% for the rest of India Between Oct 2017 and Jan 2018, 15 mn vaccines were delivered in 9,628 vaccination sessions in IMI areas 5.95 million children were vaccinated, of which 850,000 were vaccinated for the first time

1.4 million kids aged ≥12 months were fully vaccinated 1.18 million pregnant women were also vaccinated, of which 660,000 were fully vaccinated

Full immunisation coverage increased by >30% in 56 districts of 190 districts surveyed (29.5%), by 10-30% in 83 districts (43.7%), and by <10% in 51 districts (26.8%)

Vaccines given free under India’s global immunisation programme CHILDREN

At birth: BCG (Bacillus Calmette–Guerin), oral polio and hepatitis B vaccines

6-14 weeks: Three doses of pentavalent, oral polio and injectable polio vaccines.

9-18 months: Measles or combined measlesrubella vaccine

18 months: DPT and oral polio vaccine boosters 6 and 14 weeks: Three doses of rotavirus, pneumococcal conjugate, and Japanese encephalitis vaccines in areas where these are added to the routine schedule

PREGNANT WOMEN

Tetanus toxoid