Statistics on Child Immunization in India

The Government of India is providing vaccination free of cost against nine vaccine preventable diseases i.e. Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus, Polio, Measles, severe forms of Childhood Tuberculosis, Hepatitis B across the country, Japanese Encephalitis in selected districts and Meningitis & Pneumonia caused by Hemophilus Influenza type B in selected states/districts.

Coverage of Japanese Encephalitis Vaccination in India - 2014 to 2016
Year	Target (in lakhs)	Total children vaccinated (in lakhs)	Total coverage %
2014 - 2015	95.06 lakhs	48.33 lakhs	50.84 %
2015 - 2016	41.81 lakhs	31.01 lakh (as on Nov. 2015)	74.17 %

Note: 1 Lakh is equal to 100,000

Immunization coverage in India has increased in the last 21 years from 35.5 percent (1991-1993) to 65.2 percent during 2012-2014, as per Rapid Survey on Children (RSOC).

Source	Rapid Survey On Children (RSOC)	Coverage Evaluation Survey (CES)		District Level Household Survey (DLHS)
Time Period	2013 - 2014	2006	2009	DLHS 2 (2002-2004)	DLHS3 (2007-2008)
Full Immunization	65.2 %	62.4 %	61.0 %	45.8 %	54.0 %
BCG	NA	87.4 %	86.9 %	75.0 %	86.7 %
OPV3	NA	67.5 %	70.4 %	57.7 %	66.0 %
DPT3	74.7 %	68.4 %	71.5 %	58.2 %	63.5 %
Measles	78.8 %	70.9 %	74.1 %	56.1 %	69.5 %
No Immunization	6.7 %	-	7.6 %	19.8 %	4.5 %

Evaluated Coverage (in percent)
	Coverage Evaluation Survey (CES 2009)	Rapid Survey on Children (RSOC 2013-14)	National Family Health Survey (2015-16)
Full Immunization	61.0 %	65.3 %	62.0 %
BCG	86.9 %	-	91.9 %
OPV3	70.4 %	-	72.8 %
DPT3	71.5 %	74.7 %	78.4 %
Measles 1st dose	74.1 %	78.8 %	81.1 %
No Immunization	7.6 %	6.7 %	-

Glossary of Terms
BCG: Bacillus Calmette-Guerin
DPT: Diptheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis
OPV: Oral Polio Vaccine

References

1. Annual Report 2015 - 2016, Disease Control Programmes, National Health Mission.
2. National Health Profile 2016, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Gov’t of India.

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