Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on Immunization of Children
The National Full Immunization coverage for the Financial Year 2023-24 is 93.5%
Mission Indradhanush and Intensified Mission Indradhanush are special catch-up campaigns conducted at regular intervals to ensure vaccination of the left out and dropped-out children and pregnant women in areas of low immunization coverage
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06 AUG 2024 2:43PM by PIB Delhi
The National Full Immunization coverage for FY 2023-24 is 93.5%. (Source Health Management Information System). The state-wise Full Immunization Coverage for FY 2023-24 is placed in Annexure.
Under the Universal immunization program, all eligible children up to the age of 2 years are administered vaccination doses as per the immunization schedule. Mission Indradhanush (MI) and Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI), are special catch-up campaigns conducted at regular intervals to ensure vaccination of the left out and dropped-out children and pregnant women in the areas of low immunization coverage.
The Government of India encourages States/UTs to have model Immunization centers. Immunization camps are also conducted in the states as per the requirements. The model Immunization centers are already operational in the States of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and in the Union Territories of Chandigarh and Ladakh.
Annexure
Percentage Full Immunization coverage (FIC) for FY 2023-24
STATE/UT
|
2023-2024
|
India
|
93.5
|
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
|
79.79
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
101.26
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
79.41
|
Assam
|
85.40
|
Bihar
|
83.54
|
Chandigarh
|
96.97
|
Chhattisgarh
|
96.54
|
Delhi
|
105.03
|
Goa
|
91.26
|
Gujarat
|
95.95
|
Haryana
|
91.71
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
84.87
|
Jammu And Kashmir
|
108.66
|
Jharkhand
|
97.28
|
Karnataka
|
98.44
|
Kerala
|
85.40
|
Ladakh
|
91.99
|
Lakshadweep
|
108.79
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
93.19
|
Maharashtra
|
101.04
|
Manipur
|
82.93
|
Meghalaya
|
96.71
|
Mizoram
|
101.10
|
Nagaland
|
62.18
|
Odisha
|
82.02
|
Puducherry
|
59.62
|
Punjab
|
93.96
|
Rajasthan
|
76.63
|
Sikkim
|
65.47
|
Tamil Nadu
|
85.13
|
Telangana
|
106.13
|
The Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu
|
48.03
|
Tripura
|
98.00
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
99.41
|
Uttarakhand
|
93.72
|
West Bengal
|
98.01
|
Source: HMIS
The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Shri Prataprao Jadhav stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
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