Vaccines against rotavirus, rubella and polio (injectable) will
collectively expedite Indias progress on meeting the Millennium
Development Goal 4 targets to reduce child mortality by two-thirds by
the year 2015 and meet global polio eradication targets.
These new vaccines to be introduced as part of the Universal Immunization Programme (UIP), government will be providing free vaccines against 13 life threatening diseases to 27 million children annually, the largest birth cohort in the world.
In addition, an adult vaccine against Japanese encephalitis will be introduced in districts with high levels of the disease.
These new vaccines to be introduced as part of the Universal Immunization Programme (UIP), government will be providing free vaccines against 13 life threatening diseases to 27 million children annually, the largest birth cohort in the world.
In addition, an adult vaccine against Japanese encephalitis will be introduced in districts with high levels of the disease.
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