Lok Sabha Question No. 2094 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-28
Subject: Immunisation of Children
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY, RAJESH PANDEY

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2094 TO BE ANSWERED ON  28 TH JULY, 2017

## IMMUNISATION OF CHIL DREN

## 2094. SHRI RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY: SHRI RAJESH PANDEY :

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

- (a) the number of children immunised under Mission Indradhanush in the last two years an current year, especially in the rural areas of the country especially Jharkhand and Utta r Pradesh;
- (b) the States which are being provided vaccines for Japanese Encephalitis and Haemoph influenzae type B;
- (c) whether Government has achieved its target of expanding full immunization coverage; an
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE)

- (a) : About  247.11  lakh  children  have  been  immunised  across  the  country  under  Mission Indradhanush till 20 th July 2017.  In Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh 7. 47 lakh and 119. 68 lakh children have been immunised respectively. The year -wise details are given at Annexure - I .
- (b):        Vaccination  against  Japanese  Encephalitis  is  provided  in  Japanese  Encephaliti endemic  districts  spread  across  20  States.  The  st ate  wise  details  are  given  at Annexure - 2 . Vaccination  against  Haemophilus  influenzae  type  B  is  provided  across  the  country Pentavalent vaccine.
- (c):        The  Government  has  set  the  timeline  of  2020  for  achieving  90%  full  immuniza coverage which is no w to be achieved by 2018. In order to achieve the target, Government India has launched Mission Indradhanush to rapidly increase the full immunization coverage more than 90%. However, in some parts of the country community is not able to participate fully in the immunization programme as some families do not give importance to vaccination or h fear of adverse event following immunization or are travelling on the day of vaccination.

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## Annexure - 1

Phase- wise details of number of children immunized in Mission Indradhanush

( Figures in lakhs )

|               |   Phase 1 (Apr'15 - Jul'15) |   Phase 2 (Oct'15 - Jan'16) |   Phase 3 (Apr'16 - Jul'16) |   Phase 4 (Feb'16 onwards) |   Total |
|---------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------|---------|
| Jharkhand     |                        2.84 |                        2.44 |                        1.39 |                       0.82 |    7.47 |
| Uttar Pradesh |                       31.03 |                       26.02 |                       38.92 |                      23.71 |  119.68 |
| India         |                       75.74 |                       70.16 |                       62.04 |                      39.17 |  247.11 |

Annexure - 2

## States with Japanese Encephalitis endemic districts providing JE vaccination

| S. No.   | State             |   No. of JE endemic districts providing JE vaccination routine immunization |
|----------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |                                                                           5 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |                                                                           3 |
| 3        | Assam             |                                                                          27 |
| 4        | Bihar             |                                                                          24 |
| 5        | Goa               |                                                                           2 |
| 6        | Haryana           |                                                                           6 |
| 7        | Jharkhand         |                                                                          17 |
| 8        | Karnataka         |                                                                          10 |
| 9        | Kerala            |                                                                           2 |
| 10       | Maharashtra       |                                                                           9 |
| 11       | Manipur           |                                                                           7 |
| 12       | Meghalaya         |                                                                           6 |
| 13       | Nagaland          |                                                                           7 |
| 14       | Odisha            |                                                                           4 |
| 15       | Tamil Nadu        |                                                                          13 |
| 16       | Telangana         |                                                                           7 |
| 17       | Tripura           |                                                                           8 |
| 18       | Uttar Pradesh     |                                                                          38 |
| 19       | Uttarakhand       |                                                                           1 |
| 20       | West Bengal       |                                                                          20 |
| Total    | Total             |                                                                         216 |