Lok Sabha Question No. 1918 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-29
Subject: Shortage of Vaccine
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: SHYAMA CHARAN GUPTA

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1918 TO BE ANSWERED ON   29 TH DECEMBER, 2017

## SHORTAGE OF VACCINE

## 1918. SHRI SHYAMA CHARAN GUPTA:

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

- (a)  whether  there  is  shortage  of  Inactivated  Polio  Vaccine  (IPV)  in  Government  and  pr hospitals and if so, the details thereof, State/UT - wise including Kerala;
- (b) whether many ch ildren are likely to miss vaccination against type - 2  polio virus due to the said shortage; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken/being taken by the Governmen regard?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) : There is no shortage of Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) in National  Immunization Program.Under the programme the vaccine is provided by Government of India to States/UTs and the vaccination is carried out by service delivery outlets consisting mainly of Gov hospital, Block Primary Health Centres, Primary Health Centres, Sub Centres, outreach se sites in  the  villages  etc. There  is  a  global  shortage  of  IPV.  However,  this  reduced  supply  t government at present has not resulted in shortage of IPV to the State/UTs.

As per provisional reports received from States/UTs ,in current financial year from Apr- O ct, 2017 a total of 537.37 lakh doses of IPV have been supplied to the States/UTs wh more than total children vaccinated in the same period i.e. 140.95 lakh. This indicates is no shortage of IPV. (The State/UT - wise d etails are annexed ).

- ( b) : In view of the above, the question of children remaining unimmunized against type 2 virus due to shortage of IPV does not arise.
- (c) : Following steps are being taken to check the shortage of IPV:
- States/UTs are provided IPV vaccine on a m onthly basis based on monthly performance report.
- Multi dose IPV vaccine vial once open is reused for subsequent sessions as per th down  guideline  to  minimize  the  vaccine  wastage  without  compromising  on  the  safet aspect of the programme.
- Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has supported public sector manufacturer for technology transfer of IPVs based on the Sabin strains from WHO.

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## Annexure

## State/UT wise status of IPV Supplied and reported coverage for Apr -Oct, 2017

|   S. NO. | Stat e/UT            |   IPV doses Supplied (in lakh doses) |   IPV Doses administered to children (in lakh doses) |
|----------|----------------------|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | A & N Islands        |                                0.025 |                                                 0.01 |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh       |                               16     |                                                 6.45 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh    |                                0.18  |                                                 0.09 |
|        4 | Assam                |                               21.65  |                                                 1.55 |
|        5 | Bihar                |                               57     |                                                19.57 |
|        6 | Chandigarh           |                                0.22  |                                                 0.13 |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh         |                               16.5   |                                                 1.75 |
|        8 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |                                0.14  |                                                 0.06 |
|        9 | Daman & Diu          |                                0.1   |                                                 0.03 |
|       10 | Delhi                |                                6.5   |                                                 2.53 |
|       11 | Goa                  |                                0.7   |                                                 0.2  |
|       12 | Gujarat              |                               45.5   |                                                 9.86 |
|       13 | Haryana              |                               10     |                                                 2.67 |
|       14 | Himachal Pradesh     |                                2.58  |                                                 0.93 |
|       15 | Jammu & Kashmir      |                                4.25  |                                                 2    |
|       16 | Jharkhand            |                               14.5   |                                                 1.15 |
|       17 | Karnataka            |                               19.25  |                                                 3.57 |
|       18 | Kerala               |                                7.5   |                                                 3.41 |
|       19 | Lakshadweep          |                                0.01  |                                                 0.01 |
|       20 | Madhya Pradesh       |                               27.5   |                                                 3.65 |
|       21 | Maharashtra          |                               34     |                                                 6.59 |
|       22 | Manipur              |                                1.38  |                                                 0.28 |
|       23 | Meghalaya            |                                0.56  |                                                 0.26 |
|       24 | Mizoram              |                                0.3   |                                                 0.14 |
|       25 | Nagaland             |                                0.28  |                                                 0.05 |
|       26 | Odisha               |                               22.8   |                                                 3.19 |
|       27 | Puducherry           |                                0.2   |                                                 0.16 |
|       28 | Punjab               |                                9.5   |                                                 3.52 |
|       29 | Rajasthan            |                               24.5   |                                                 6.13 |
|       30 | Sikkim               |                                0.19  |                                                 0.08 |
|       31 | Tamil Nadu           |                               20     |                                                 7.26 |
|       32 | Telangana            |                               12.75  |                                                 5.29 |
|       33 | Tripura              |                                1     |                                                 0.35 |
|       34 | Uttar Pradesh        |                              107.5   |                                                34.81 |
|       35 | Uttarakhand          |                                6.5   |                                                 1.38 |
|       36 | West Bengal          |                               46     |                                                11.84 |