Steps Taken for Strengthening Universal Immunisation Programme

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The government has taken a number of steps for strengthening Routine Immunization and ensuring that amidst the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, the immunization programme is properly implemented and access to immunization services remains uninterrupted, these include:

Development and dissemination of National guidelines to safely continue immunization services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Appropriate communication material has been developed and shared with the States and UTs for addressing vaccine hesitancy and strengthening routine immunization with due precautions, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The supply chain of vaccines and other logistics has been ensured during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In addition, Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI-3.0) was also conducted in February 2021 & March 2021, to cover the unvaccinated and partially vaccinated children. These efforts have contributed to the reduction of immunization gap coverage.

States/UTs have been asked to prepare specific plans to improve Full Immunization Coverage and to ensure designated days in a week only for Routine Immunization activity.

The number of children fully immunized as reported by State/UTs in HMIS portal under the Universal Immunization Programme (UIP), State/UT-wise in 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21 is as below.

Number of Children Fully Immunized, State/UT wise for 2018-19, 2019-20 & 2020-21

S. No.	States/UTs	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21
1	A & N Islands	4,249	3,956	3,959
2	Andhra Pradesh	8,46,935	8,22,839	7,73,335
3	Arunachal Pradesh	18,896	19,410	18,349
4	Assam	5,95,599	5,98,636	5,99,176
5	Bihar	22,70,485	27,68,372	26,03,914
6	Chandigarh	18,249	15,773	13,908
7	Chhattisgarh	5,67,009	5,86,951	5,86,717
8	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	8,386	8,132	7,282
8	Daman & Diu	5,314	4,680	4,321
9	Delhi	2,98,300	3,12,742	2,49,718
10	Goa	19,708	20,330	17,990
11	Gujarat	11,56,814	11,73,928	11,47,656
12	Haryana	4,93,690	5,34,414	5,11,337
13	Himachal Pradesh	1,01,694	99,971	99,805
14	Jammu & Kashmir	2,01,858	2,22,921	2,18,290
15	Jharkhand	6,53,490	7,83,410	6,97,063
16	Karnataka	10,54,412	10,54,456	10,68,403
17	Kerala	4,63,420	4,56,525	4,45,978
18	Ladakh	3,080	3,982	3,987
19	Lakshadweep	1,024	989	1,128
20	Madhya Pradesh	14,69,827	17,67,769	17,07,861
21	Maharashtra	18,25,376	19,02,253	18,32,216
22	Manipur	34,977	37,816	33,636
23	Meghalaya	42,033	74,872	78,280
24	Mizoram	15,707	17,870	18,754
25	Nagaland	14,097	16,286	15,849
26	Odisha	6,92,322	6,75,322	6,85,232
27	Puducherry	14,928	14,456	13,556
28	Punjab	3,73,911	3,93,111	4,01,814
29	Rajasthan	14,00,496	13,43,164	13,32,369
30	Sikkim	7,628	6,807	7,210
31	Tamil Nadu	9,36,583	9,41,886	9,12,314
32	Telangana	6,05,665	6,29,948	6,04,951
33	Tripura	46,781	48,546	46,278
34	Uttarakhand	1,82,943	1,76,282	1,78,057
35	Uttar Pradesh	50,23,234	54,60,112	49,25,100
36	West Bengal	13,91,491	14,13,104	13,56,210
	India	2,28,60,611	2,44,12,021	2,32,22,003