By Health In Five Writer
Dr Bharti Pravin Pawar, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare informed Rajya Sabha about the various steps taken by the Government for strengthening Routine Immunization and ensuring that amidst the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. About 2,32,22,003 children were fully immunised in the year 2020-21 from across the country.
These steps 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 COVID-19 pandemic.
- Supply chain of vaccines and other logistics has been ensured during 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 in 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 |
| 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 |
Data Source- Health Management Information System (HMIS) as on 21st July 2021
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