Lok Sabha Question No. 110 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-15
Subject: Protocol for Storage of Vaccines
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: JAY PRAKASH NARAYAN YADAV

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 110 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15 TH DECEMBER, 2017

## PROTOCOL FOR STORAGE OF VACCINES

## 110. SHRI JAI PRAKASH NARAYAN YADAV:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government under its Mission Indradhanush is undertaking any vaccination and pulse programme for children for the prevention and treatment of various fatal diseases across the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the drugs being used for these vaccinations are required to be kept at a particular temperature and if so, the de ails thereof;
- (c) whether the protocol for storage, temperature monitoring and handling of vaccines are strictly followed across all the rural and urban areas; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken/being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a): The Government under Mission Indradhanush is undertaking vaccination of children an pregnant  mothers  for  prevention  of  vaccine  preventable  disease  under  Routine  Immunizat programme.  Recently  the  program  has  bee n  strengthening  through Intensified  Mission Indradhanush being carried out in 173 districts and 17 urban areas across 24 States/UTs.
- (b): Yes, all vaccines are required to be store within temperature range of +2 to +8 0 C at all stores except Rota virus vac cine and Polio Vaccine which are stored between ( - )  15  to  ( - )  25 degree centigrade at state, Division and district level stores.
- (c) & (d): Yes, the protocol for storage, temperature monitoring and handling of vacci are strictly followed across all the rural and urban areas. Following steps are being taken by Government of India in this regard:
1. Guidelines  has  been  issued  regarding  storage,  temperature  monitoring  and  handling vaccines across all the rural as well as urban areas.
2. Training  of Programme  Managers,  Vaccine Cold  Chain  Handlers  and  Cold  Chain Technicians are carried out through specially designed modules regularly to upgrade knowledge for proper handling of vaccine and maintenance of equipment.
3. Government of India has also provided solar powered equipment in areas with erratic power supplies.
4. Ice  Line  Refrigerator  (ILR),  Deep  Freezer  Cold,  Walk  in  Cooler,  Walk  in  Freezer provided with temperature monitoring devices and storage temperature is monitored tw daily.
5. Real time cold chain equipment monitoring is done through an online portal (National Chain Management Information System).
6. The Government of India with the support of UNDP has rolled out an Electronic Vacci Intelligence Network (eVIN) system across a ll the 370 districts in 12 states of Uttar Pradesh Madhya  Pradesh,  Rajasthan,  Odisha,  Bihar,  Jharkhand,  Chhattisgarh,  Assam,  Manipur Nagaland, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh. The eVIN system digitizes the entire vaccine s and  temperature  for  all  cold  c hain storage  point  in  these  12  states  for  remote  monitorin through internet both in Urban and Rural areas through dedicated human resource.
7. Regular review meetings are conducted at all levels.