Lok Sabha Question No. 3476 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-16
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. 3476 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 TH MARCH, 2018

## SHORTAGE OF VACCINE

## 3476. SHRI SHYAMA CHARAN GUPTA:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware of the acute shortage of Inactivated Polio Vaccine (I Government and private hospitals;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UTwise including Kerala;
- (c) whether due to shortage of the said vaccine several children are likely to be deprived immunity against Type 2 polio virus; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE ( SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL )

- (a)& (b) : There is no shortage of Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) in National Immunizat 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  su 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 f rom AprDec, 2017 a total of 602.44lakh doses of IPV have been supplied to the States/UTs which is more than total children vaccinated in the same period i.e. 210.96lakh. This indicates tha t there is no shortage of IPV. The State/UT - wise detai ls are annexed.

- (c)& (d) : In view of the above, the question of children remaining unimmunized against ty 2 polio virus due to shortage of IPV does not arise.

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## Annexure

## State/UT wise status of IPV Supplied and reported coverage for Apr

-Dec, 2017

| S. NO.   | State/UT             |   IPV doses Supplied (in lakh doses) |   IPV Doses administered to children (in lakh doses) |
|----------|----------------------|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | A & N Islands        |                                0.025 |                                                0.011 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh       |                               21     |                                                8.803 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh    |                                0.18  |                                                0.148 |
| 4        | Assam                |                               21.65  |                                                3.29  |
| 5        | Bihar                |                               67     |                                               26.986 |
| 6        | Chandigarh           |                                0.22  |                                                0.185 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh         |                               16.5   |                                                2.885 |
| 8        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |                                0.14  |                                                0.09  |
| 9        | Daman & Diu          |                                0.1   |                                                0.043 |
| 10       | Delhi                |                                7.5   |                                                3.687 |
| 11       | Goa                  |                                0.7   |                                                0.266 |
| 12       | Gujarat              |                               48.5   |                                               13.853 |
| 13       | Haryana              |                               10     |                                                3.426 |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh     |                                2.58  |                                                2.219 |
| 15       | Jammu & Kashmir      |                                5.05  |                                                2.721 |
| 16       | Jharkhand            |                               14.5   |                                                2.61  |
| 17       | Karnataka            |                               19.25  |                                                5.26  |
| 18       | Kerala               |                                7.5   |                                                6.155 |
| 19       | Lakshadweep          |                                0.03  |                                                0.012 |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh       |                               31     |                                                7.366 |
| 21       | Maharashtra          |                               34     |                                               10.26  |
| 22       | Manipur              |                                1.38  |                                                0.412 |
| 23       | Meghalaya            |                                0.96  |                                                0.401 |
| 24       | Mizoram              |                                0.4   |                                                0.197 |
| 25       | Nagaland             |                                0.28  |                                                0.093 |
| 26       | Odisha               |                               25.3   |                                                4.498 |
| 27       | Puducherry           |                                0.25  |                                                0.221 |
| 28       | Punjab               |                                9.5   |                                                4.915 |
| 29       | Rajasthan            |                               27.5   |                                               12.65  |
| 30       | Sikkim               |                                0.19  |                                                0.108 |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu           |                               20     |                                               10.056 |
| 32       | Telangana            |                               12.75  |                                                7.229 |
| 33       | Tripura              |                                1.5   |                                                0.515 |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh        |                              132.5   |                                               51.214 |
| 35       | Uttarakhand          |                                6.5   |                                                1.893 |
| 36       | West Bengal          |                               56     |                                               16.282 |
|          | India Total          |                              602.44  |                                              210.96  |