The Universal Immunisation Programme is one of the largest vaccination projects in the world aimed at protecting children and pregnant mothers from preventable diseases New Delhi: The Union government is planning to repurpose the Co-WIN platform for India’s Universal Immunisation Programme and other national health programmes while continuing with its current function of recording COVID vaccination and issuing certificates. The …
The Government’s decision to begin the COVID-19 immunisation programme for children between 12 and 14 years with Corbevax, a protein subunit vaccine, from March 16, is welcome as a part of India’s efforts to extend coverage to the school-going population, but it also raises some concerns. One is the urgency shown to greenlight the vaccination programme for children in this …
New Delhi: The National Polio immunisation programme, as part of which children in the age group of 0-5 years are administered polio drops, has been deferred “till further notice” by the Centre citing “unforeseen activities”. The National Immunisation Day, commonly known as Pulse Polio Immunisation programme, was scheduled for January 17 across India. The Union Health Ministry has communicated the …
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