Update on Vaccination Campaign for Children

Update on Vaccination Campaign for Children

11 vaccines are administered free of cost to children under the vaccination campaign in the country. The name of these vaccines is as under:

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.

The efforts made by the Government to make vaccination campaign and health awareness programme more effective during the last five years in the country are as follows: –

The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Smt. Anupriya Patel stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

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