Lok Sabha Question No. 194 (STARRED), answered on 2016-07-29
Subject: Shortage of IPV
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: C. N. JAYADEVAN, K. GOPAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 194 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 2 9 TH JULY, 2016 SHORTAGE OF IPV

## *194. SHRI C.N. JAYADEVAN:

DR. K. GOPAL:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  of  the  acute  shortage  of  Inactivate Vaccine  (IPV)  in  Government  and  Private  hospitals  and  if  so,  the  details State/ UT - wise including Kerala;
- (b)  whether  the  shortage  of  above  polio  vaccine  is  likely  to  leave  many unimmunized against type 2 polio virus, if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to check the shortage of the above vacc

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA)

- (a)  to ( c):  A statement is laid on the Table of the House

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 194* FOR 29 TH JULY , 2016

(a) As  a  part  of  World  Health Organisation  (WHO)  Polio  Eradication  and  Polio endgame  strategic  Plan  2013 - 2017,  the  Strategic  Advisory  Group  of  Experts  o Immunization (SAGE), the world's chief policy guidance body for immunization, in 2012  recommended  the  withdrawal  of  the  type  2  compo nent  of  oral  polio  vaccine (OPV)  from  routine  immunization  programmes  in  all  countries,  facilitated introduction of at least one dose of Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV). Accord 06 countries including India introduced IPV. WHO and partners w ereto enhance global supplies of IPV, but the global production of IPV could not be scaled up, result ingin global shortage of IPV. H owever, this reduced supply to government at present not resulted in shortage of IPV to the State/UTs under the universal Immunization Programme .As per provisional reports, till June 2016, a total of 95,94,225 doses of IPV have been supplied to the States/UTs which is more than total children vaccinated so far i.e. 61,25,971 which indicates that there is no shortage of IPV. (The State/UT -wise details are annexed) .

- (b) In view of the above, the question of children remaining unimmunized again 2 polio 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  monthly  basis based  on  monthly performance report.
- Multi dose IPV vaccine vial once open is reused for subsequent sessions the laid down guideline to minimize the vaccinewastagewithout compromising on the safety 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 WHO .This will further augment domestic pro ductionin the future resulting in more production of IPV at affordable prices.

Annexure overagesince Introduction

## State/UT wise s tatus of IPV Supplied and reported c

| S. No   | Name                 |   IPV doses Supplied |   IPV Doses administered |
|---------|----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|
| 1       | A & N Islands        |                 1000 |                      311 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh       |               105000 |                    27384 |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh    |                 4000 |                        0 |
| 4       | Assam                |               365000 |                   200697 |
| 5       | Bihar                |              1850000 |                  1415152 |
| 6       | Chandigarh           |                 5500 |                     1250 |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh         |               140000 |                    63978 |
| 8       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |                 2000 |                     1573 |
| 9       | Daman & Diu          |                 1000 |                        0 |
| 10      | Delhi                |                90000 |                    38483 |
| 11      | Goa                  |                 4000 |                     4102 |
| 12      | Gujarat              |               900000 |                   561748 |
| 13      | Haryana              |               125000 |                    66755 |
| 14      | Himachal Pradesh     |                15000 |                     9210 |
| 15      | Jammu & Kashmir      |                50000 |                    37688 |
| 16      | Jharkhand            |               150000 |                   102575 |
| 17      | Karnataka            |               217500 |                    93791 |
| 18      | Kerala               |               151000 |                    83594 |
| 19      | Lakshadweep          |                 1100 |                        0 |
| 20      | Madhya Pradesh       |              1005000 |                   587628 |
| 21      | Maharashtra          |               300000 |                   280225 |
| 22      | Manipur              |                 9000 |                     5920 |
| 23      | Meghalaya            |                 9000 |                     3319 |
| 24      | Mizoram              |                 4000 |                      911 |
| 25      | Nagaland             |                 4000 |                        0 |
| 26      | Odisha               |               100000 |                    28282 |
| 27      | Puducherry           |                 7625 |                     2789 |
| 28      | Punjab               |               330000 |                   171232 |
| 29      | Rajasthan            |               325000 |                   110190 |
| 30      | Sikkim               |                 3000 |                     1594 |
| 31      | Tamil Nadu           |                85000 |                    37089 |
| 32      | Telangana            |               252000 |                    67354 |
| 33      | Tripura              |                 7000 |                     5032 |
| 34      | Uttar Pradesh        |              3300000 |                  1967616 |
| 35      | Uttarakhand          |                37000 |                    21941 |
| 36      | West Bengal          |               222000 |                   126558 |
|         | Total                |              9594225 |                  6125971 |