Lok Sabha Question No. 1983 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-30
Subject: Vaccines Preventable Diseases (VPDs)
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1983 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30 th JULY, 2021

## ' VAC CINES PREVENTABLE DISEASES (VPDs )'

## 1983.SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE:

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

- ( a) whether the Government has any data regarding the total number of Vaccine Preventabl Diseases (VPDs) covered at present under the Universal Immunization programme;
- ( b) if so, the details th ereof and the total number of districts where 90% immunization cove has been achieved in the country, State/UT - wise; and
- ( c) the  time  by  which  the  country  is  likely  to  achieve  its  goal  of  Universal  Immuni children?

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

(DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

( a) & (b)Currently under the Universal Immunization Programme (UIP), 12 vaccine prevent diseases (VPDs) are being covered, of which 10 are covered Nationally - Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus, Polio, Measles, Rubella, severe form of Childhood Tuberculosis, Hepatitis B, M & Pneumonia caused by Hemophilus Influenza type B, Rotavirus diarrhoea and 2 disease being covered Sub - Nationally -Pneumococcal P neumonia and Japanese Encephalitis.

As per Data reported by States/UTs in Health Management Information System Portal (H -2019- 20), a total of 367 districts have achieved 90 percent full immunization coverage wise details are placed at Annexu re- I

- (c)Universal Immunization Programme (UIP) is an ongoing program across the country and a States/UTs are covered under it. With time, a new birth cohort keeps getting added an included to be covered under the Universal Immunization Programme.

## State/UT wise details of Districts with 90% Full Immunization Coverage, (HMIS - 2019- 20)

| S. No.   | States/UTs        |   Number of Districts |
|----------|-------------------|-----------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |                    12 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |                     4 |
| 3        | Assam             |                     6 |
| 4        | Bihar             |                    30 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      |                    17 |
| 6        | Delhi             |                     7 |
| 7        | Goa               |                     1 |
| 8        | Gujarat           |                    18 |
| 9        | Haryana           |                     7 |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh  |                     5 |
| 11       | Jammu & Kashmir   |                    17 |
| 12       | Jharkhand         |                    15 |
| 13       | Karnataka         |                    18 |
| 14       | Kerala            |                    11 |
| 15       | Ladakh            |                     2 |
| 16       | Lakshadweep       |                     1 |
| 17       | Madhya Pradesh    |                    30 |
| 18       | Maharashtra       |                    31 |
| 19       | Manipur           |                     3 |
| 20       | Meghalaya         |                     9 |
| 21       | Mizoram           |                     5 |
| 22       | Odisha            |                     7 |
| 23       | Punjab            |                     6 |
| 24       | TamilNadu         |                     6 |
| 25       | Telangana         |                    19 |
| 26       | Tripura           |                     6 |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh     |                    57 |
| 28       | Uttarakhand       |                     4 |
| 29       | West Bengal       |                    13 |
|          | Total             |                   367 |