What is the News ?
Immunisation programme of 8 required vaccines is not completed based on the report published by NSO Health In India Report.
What the report says ?
- About the Report
- The report is based on the 75th round of the National Sample Survey (July 2017-June 2018) on household social consumption related to health.
- Two out of five children do not complete their immunisation programme, according to the ‘Health in India’ report recently published by the National Statistical Organisation (NSO).
- Most of these children remain unprotected against measles, and partially protected against a range of other diseases.
- Mis-match in Fully immunisation
- When a child get a mix of all 8 vaccine during the initial year after birth then it can said that full immunisation done.
- Only 59.2% of children under five years are fully immunised.
- Centre’s Health Management Information System portal data claimed that full immunisation coverage for 2017-18 stood at 86.7%.
- Only 67% of children are protected against measles. Only 58% got their polio booster dose, while 54% got their DPT booster dose.
- Where the states stand ?
- National capital Delhi is less than half of all children have been given all eight required vaccines.
- Manipur (75%), Andhra Pradesh (73.6%) and Mizoram (73.4%) recorded the highest rates of full immunisation.
- Nagaland (12%) followed by Puducherry (34%) and Tripura (39.6%) received all vaccinations.
8 Vaccines for Full Immunisations
BCG, Polio Vaccines DPR/Penavalent are provided in the first year of birth.
- BCG vaccine injected in a single dose shortly after birth protects against a childhood attack of tuberculosis.
- Measles vaccine.
- Oral polio vaccine (OPV) whose first dose is given at birth, followed by two more doses at intervals of four weeks.
- DPT/pentavalent vaccine, generally injected in three doses, which is meant to protect a child from diphtheria, pertussis or whooping cough, tetanus, Hepatitis B, and meningitis and pneumonia caused by hemophilus influenza type B.
- Booster vaccine of both will be provided between 16 to 24 months.
Other report
A study by Child Rights and You finding that only half of Indian families with children under five years were able to access immunisation services during the lockdown.
Source : The Hindu
Topic
GS II : Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources
Current Affairs Compilation : 9 September 2020