Lok Sabha Question No. 2104 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-01
Subject: Vaccination Campaign for Children
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Brijendra Singh Ola, Dr. Rajkumar Sangwan

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2104 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01 ST AUGUST 2025

## VACCINATION CAMPAIGN FOR CHILDREN

## † 2104. SHRI BRIJENDRA SINGH OLA: DR. RAJKUMAR SANGWAN:

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

- (a) the names of vaccines being administered to children under the vaccination campaign in the country, State/UT-wise, including Baghpat Lok Sabha Constituency of Uttar Pradesh and Jhunjhunu Lok Sabha Constituency of Rajasthan;
- (b) whether in many rural areas, the vaccination of children is not carried out due to lack of health awareness and if so, the efforts being made by the Government in this regard;
- (c) whether it is true that many times the vaccination of children remains incomplete due to departmental negligence and if so, the efforts being made to improve it; and
- (d) the efforts being made by the Government to make vaccination campaign and health awareness programme more effective during the last five years, State/UT-wise including Baghpat Lok Sabha Constituency of Uttar Pradesh and Jhunjhunu Lok Sabha Constituency of Rajasthan?

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

(a) 11 vaccines are administered free of cost to children under the vaccination campaign in the country including Baghpat Lok Sabha Constituency of Uttar Pradesh and Jhunjhunu Lok Sabha Constituency of Rajasthan. The name of these vaccines are given below:

-  Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV)
-  Hepatitis B Vaccine
-  Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Vaccine (BCG)
-  Pentavalent Vaccine
-  Injectable Polio Vaccine (IPV)
-  Rotavirus Vaccine (RVV)
-  Measles & Rubella Vaccine (MR)
-  Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV)
-  Diphtheria Pertussis Tetanus Vaccine (DPT)
-  Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine (JE)
-  Tetanus & Adult Diphtheria Vaccine (Td) and

(b) & (c) Routine immunization sessions are organized on a weekly basis in rural and urban areas of the district to vaccinate children and pregnant women. Before each session, the ASHA worker of the concerned area goes door-to-door to inform beneficiaries about the vaccination session site and to motivate children and pregnant women to come and get vaccinated on the vaccination day. To maximize vaccine coverage in the country, Information Education and Communication (IEC) activities are implemented across the country. IEC dissemination is carried out through service broadcasters such as Doordarshan using media celebrities, radio jingles and YouTube podcasts. Social media platforms such as X handle, Instagram handle and Facebook page are used. Localized community-level activities such as miking, posters and group meetings are also organized.

- (d) The efforts made by the Government to make vaccination campaign and health awareness programme more effective during the last five years in the country including Baghpat Lok Sabha Constituency of Uttar Pradesh and Jhunjhunu Lok Sabha Constituency of Rajasthan are as follows:-
-  Strategic interventions like advocacy, social mobilization, inter personal communication at family level and media engagement are undertaken as measures to improve immunization coverage.
-  State Task Force on Immunization (STFI), District Task Force on Immunization (DTFI) and Block Task Force on Immunization (BTFI) ensure effective implementation of the vaccination drives which are regularly undertaken.
-  Intensified Mission Indradhanush, special catch-up vaccination campaign under the Universal Immunization Programme was conducted in areas of low immunization coverage to vaccinate left out & dropped out children and pregnant women.
-  Hosting of Village Health and Nutrition Days (VHND) on designated days for immunization activities.
-  Special vaccination campaigns such as National Immunization Days (NIDs) as a part of the Pulse Polio programme are carried out every year.
-  The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has rolled out the UWIN portal for the digital registration and recording of all vaccination events of children and pregnant women.

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