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	'''Universal Immunisation Programme''' ('''UIP''') is a [[vaccination]] programme launched by the [[Government of India]] in 1985.<ref name="nhm">{{cite web \|title=Immunization :: National Health Mission \|url=https://nhm.gov.in/index1.php?lang=1&level=2&sublinkid=824&lid=220 \|website=nhm.gov.in \|access-date=11 January 2021}}</ref> It became a part of Child Survival and Safe Motherhood Programme in 1992 and is currently one of the key areas under [[National Rural Health Mission]] since 2005. The programme now consists of vaccination for 12 diseases- [[tuberculosis]], [[diphtheria]], [[pertussis]] (whooping cough), [[tetanus]], [[poliomyelitis]], [[measles]], [[hepatitis B]], [[diarrhoea]], [[Japanese encephalitis]], [[rubella]], [[pneumonia]] ([[haemophilus influenzae]] type B) and Pneumococcal diseases ([[pneumococcal pneumonia]] and [[meningitis]]). Hepatitis B and Pneumococcal diseases<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=161763\|title=Shri J P Nadda launches Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) under Universal Immunization Programme (UIP)\|website=pib.nic.in\|access-date=2017-05-30}}</ref> were added to the UIP in 2007 and 2017 respectively.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://mohfw.nic.in/NRHM/Immunization/Routine%20Immunization%20Programme_Brief%20status.pdf \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=March 9, 2013 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130301221617/http://mohfw.nic.in/NRHM/Immunization/Routine%20Immunization%20Programme_Brief%20status.pdf \|archive-date=March 1, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|last=Patra\|first=Nilanjan\|title=UNIVERSAL IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMME IN INDIA: THE DETERMINANTS OF CHILDHOOD IMMUNIZATION\|url=http://www.isical.ac.in/~wemp/Papers/PaperNilanjanPatra.pdf\|publisher=Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta\|access-date=1 February 2012\|page=1}}</ref> The cost of all the vaccines are borne by the state and the government spent {{INRConvert\|3587\|c}} in 2017 to purchase the vaccines to provide them for free.<ref name="Chatterjee">{{cite journal\|last1=Chatterjee\|first1=Susmita\|last2=Pant\|first2=Manish\|last3=Haldar\|first3=Pradeep\|last4=Aggarwal\|first4=Mahesh Kumar\|last5=Laxminarayan\|first5=Ramanan\|date=June 2016\|title=Current costs & projected financial needs of India's Universal Immunization Programme\|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27748306/#:~:text=Results%3A%20Total%20baseline%20expenditure%20was,%24%205%2C%20282%20million\|journal=The Indian Journal of Medical Research\|volume=143\|issue=6\|pages=801–808\|doi=10.4103/0971-5916.192073\|issn=0971-5916\|pmid=27748306\|access-date=11 January 2021\|doi-access=free}}</ref>		'''Universal Immunisation Programme''' ('''UIP''') is a [[vaccination]] programme launched by the [[Government of India]] in 1985.<ref name="nhm">{{cite web \|title=Immunization :: National Health Mission \|url=https://nhm.gov.in/index1.php?lang=1&level=2&sublinkid=824&lid=220 \|website=nhm.gov.in \|access-date=11 January 2021}}</ref> It became a part of Child Survival and Safe Motherhood Programme in 1992 and is currently one of the key areas under [[National Rural Health Mission]] since 2005. The programme now consists of vaccination for 12 diseases- [[tuberculosis]], [[diphtheria]], [[pertussis]] (whooping cough), [[tetanus]], [[poliomyelitis]], [[measles]], [[hepatitis B]], [[diarrhoea]], [[Japanese encephalitis]], [[rubella]], [[pneumonia]] ([[haemophilus influenzae]] type B) and Pneumococcal diseases ([[pneumococcal pneumonia]] and [[meningitis]]). Hepatitis B and Pneumococcal diseases<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=161763\|title=Shri J P Nadda launches Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) under Universal Immunization Programme (UIP)\|website=pib.nic.in\|access-date=2017-05-30}}</ref> were added to the UIP in 2007 and 2017 respectively.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://mohfw.nic.in/NRHM/Immunization/Routine%20Immunization%20Programme_Brief%20status.pdf \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=March 9, 2013 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130301221617/http://mohfw.nic.in/NRHM/Immunization/Routine%20Immunization%20Programme_Brief%20status.pdf \|archive-date=March 1, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|last=Patra\|first=Nilanjan\|title=UNIVERSAL IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMME IN INDIA: THE DETERMINANTS OF CHILDHOOD IMMUNIZATION\|url=http://www.isical.ac.in/~wemp/Papers/PaperNilanjanPatra.pdf\|publisher=Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta\|access-date=1 February 2012\|page=1}}</ref> The cost of all the vaccines are borne by the state and the government spent {{INRConvert\|3587\|c}} in 2017 to purchase the vaccines to provide them for free.<ref name="Chatterjee">{{cite journal\|last1=Chatterjee\|first1=Susmita\|last2=Pant\|first2=Manish\|last3=Haldar\|first3=Pradeep\|last4=Aggarwal\|first4=Mahesh Kumar\|last5=Laxminarayan\|first5=Ramanan\|date=June 2016\|title=Current costs & projected financial needs of India's Universal Immunization Programme\|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27748306/#:~:text=Results%3A%20Total%20baseline%20expenditure%20was,%24%205%2C%20282%20million\|journal=The Indian Journal of Medical Research\|volume=143\|issue=6\|pages=801–808\|doi=10.4103/0971-5916.192073\|issn=0971-5916\|pmid=27748306\|access-date=11 January 2021\|doi-access=free}}</ref>

	The other additions in UIP through the way are [[Inactivated vaccine\|inactivated]] [[polio vaccine]] (IPV), [[rotavirus vaccine]] (RVV), [[Measles vaccine\|Measles]]-[[Rubella vaccine\|Rubella]] vaccine (MR). Four new vaccines have been introduced into the country’s Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP), including injectable polio vaccine, an adult vaccine against Japanese Encephalitis and [[Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine\|Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine]].		The other additions in UIP through the way are [[Inactivated vaccine\|inactivated]] [[polio vaccine]] (IPV), [[rotavirus vaccine]] (RVV), [[Measles vaccine\|Measles]]-[[Rubella vaccine\|Rubella]] vaccine (MR). Four new vaccines have been introduced into the country’s Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP), including injectable polio vaccine, an adult vaccine against Japanese Encephalitis and [[Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine\|Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine]].{{cn\|date=March 2022}}

	Vaccines against rotavirus, rubella and polio (injectable) will help the country meet its [[Millennium Development Goals]] 4 targets that include reducing child mortality by two-thirds by 2015, besides meeting meet global polio eradication targets. An adult vaccine against Japanese encephalitis will also be introduced in districts with high levels of the disease. The recommendations to introduce these new vaccines have been made after numerous scientific studies and comprehensive deliberations by the [[National Immunization Technical Advisory Group\|National Technical Advisory Group of India]] (NTAGI), the country’s apex scientific advisory body on immunisation.		Vaccines against rotavirus, rubella and polio (injectable) will help the country meet its [[Millennium Development Goals]] 4 targets that include reducing child mortality by two-thirds by 2015, besides meeting meet global polio eradication targets. An adult vaccine against Japanese encephalitis will also be introduced in districts with high levels of the disease. The recommendations to introduce these new vaccines have been made after numerous scientific studies and comprehensive deliberations by the [[National Immunization Technical Advisory Group\|National Technical Advisory Group of India]] (NTAGI), the country’s apex scientific advisory body on immunisation.{{cn\|date=March 2022}}

	Vaccine benefits are debated with some urging caution in the choice of vaccines introduced while expanding the immunisation programme, despite overwhelming and widespread documented scientific evidence on the efficacy of vaccines.<ref>{{cite journal\|author1=Andre F\|author2=Booy R\|author3=Bock H\|title=Vaccination greatly reduces disease, disability, death and inequity worldwide\|journal=Bulletin of the World Health Organization\|year=2008\|volume=86\|issue=2\|pages=140–146\|doi=10.2471/BLT.07.040089\|pmid=18297169\|pmc=2647387}}</ref>		Vaccine benefits are debated with some urging caution in the choice of vaccines introduced while expanding the immunisation programme, despite overwhelming and widespread documented scientific evidence on the efficacy of vaccines.<ref>{{cite journal\|author1=Andre F\|author2=Booy R\|author3=Bock H\|title=Vaccination greatly reduces disease, disability, death and inequity worldwide\|journal=Bulletin of the World Health Organization\|year=2008\|volume=86\|issue=2\|pages=140–146\|doi=10.2471/BLT.07.040089\|pmid=18297169\|pmc=2647387}}</ref>

	With these new vaccines, India’s UIP will now provide free vaccines against 13{{citation needed\|date=May 2018}} life threatening diseases, to 27 million children annually.		With these new vaccines, India’s UIP will now provide free vaccines against 13{{citation needed\|date=May 2018}} life threatening diseases, to 27 million children annually.
	Calling it one of the most significant health policies in the last 30 years, the note pointed out that the latest decision along with the recently introduced [[pentavalent vaccine]], will help prevent death in about one lakh infants and adults in the working age group, besides putting a stop to about 10 lakh hospitalizations each year.		Calling it one of the most significant health policies in the last 30 years, the note pointed out that the latest decision along with the recently introduced [[pentavalent vaccine]], will help prevent death in about one lakh infants and adults in the working age group, besides putting a stop to about 10 lakh hospitalizations each year.

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	==See also==		==See also==
	*[[Vaccine-preventable diseases]]		* [[Vaccine-preventable diseases]]
	*[[World Immunization Week]]		* [[World Immunization Week]]

	== References ==		== References ==

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'''Universal Immunisation Programme''' ('''UIP''') is a [[vaccination]] programme launched by the [[Government of India]] in 1985.<ref name="nhm">{{cite web |title=Immunization :: National Health Mission |url=https://nhm.gov.in/index1.php?lang=1&level=2&sublinkid=824&lid=220 |website=nhm.gov.in |access-date=11 January 2021}}</ref> It became a part of Child Survival and Safe Motherhood Programme in 1992 and is currently one of the key areas under [[National Rural Health Mission]] since 2005. The programme now consists of vaccination for 12 diseases- [[tuberculosis]], [[diphtheria]], [[pertussis]] (whooping cough), [[tetanus]], [[poliomyelitis]], [[measles]], [[hepatitis B]], [[diarrhoea]], [[Japanese encephalitis]], [[rubella]], [[pneumonia]] ([[haemophilus influenzae]] type B) and Pneumococcal diseases ([[pneumococcal pneumonia]] and [[meningitis]]). Hepatitis B and Pneumococcal diseases<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=161763|title=Shri J P Nadda launches Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) under Universal Immunization Programme (UIP)|website=pib.nic.in|access-date=2017-05-30}}</ref> were added to the UIP in 2007 and 2017 respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mohfw.nic.in/NRHM/Immunization/Routine%20Immunization%20Programme_Brief%20status.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=March 9, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130301221617/http://mohfw.nic.in/NRHM/Immunization/Routine%20Immunization%20Programme_Brief%20status.pdf |archive-date=March 1, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Patra|first=Nilanjan|title=UNIVERSAL IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMME IN INDIA: THE DETERMINANTS OF CHILDHOOD IMMUNIZATION|url=http://www.isical.ac.in/~wemp/Papers/PaperNilanjanPatra.pdf|publisher=Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta|access-date=1 February 2012|page=1}}</ref> The cost of all the vaccines are borne by the state and the government spent {{INRConvert|3587|c}} in 2017 to purchase the vaccines to provide them for free.<ref name="Chatterjee">{{cite journal|last1=Chatterjee|first1=Susmita|last2=Pant|first2=Manish|last3=Haldar|first3=Pradeep|last4=Aggarwal|first4=Mahesh Kumar|last5=Laxminarayan|first5=Ramanan|date=June 2016|title=Current costs & projected financial needs of India's Universal Immunization Programme|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27748306/#:~:text=Results%3A%20Total%20baseline%20expenditure%20was,%24%205%2C%20282%20million|journal=The Indian Journal of Medical Research|volume=143|issue=6|pages=801–808|doi=10.4103/0971-5916.192073|issn=0971-5916|pmid=27748306|access-date=11 January 2021|doi-access=free}}</ref>

The other additions in UIP through the way are [[Inactivated vaccine|inactivated]] [[polio vaccine]] (IPV), [[rotavirus vaccine]] (RVV), [[Measles vaccine|Measles]]-[[Rubella vaccine|Rubella]] vaccine (MR). Four new vaccines have been introduced into the country’s Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP), including injectable polio vaccine, an adult vaccine against Japanese Encephalitis and [[Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine|Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine]].

Vaccines against rotavirus, rubella and polio (injectable) will help the country meet its [[Millennium Development Goals]] 4 targets that include reducing child mortality by two-thirds by 2015, besides meeting meet global polio eradication targets. An adult vaccine against Japanese encephalitis will also be introduced in districts with high levels of the disease. The recommendations to introduce these new vaccines have been made after numerous scientific studies and comprehensive deliberations by the [[National Immunization Technical Advisory Group|National Technical Advisory Group of India]] (NTAGI), the country’s apex scientific advisory body on immunisation.

Vaccine benefits are debated with some urging caution in the choice of vaccines introduced while expanding the immunisation programme, despite overwhelming and widespread documented scientific evidence on the efficacy of vaccines.<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Andre F|author2=Booy R|author3=Bock H|title=Vaccination greatly reduces disease, disability, death and inequity worldwide|journal=Bulletin of the World Health Organization|year=2008|volume=86|issue=2|pages=140–146|doi=10.2471/BLT.07.040089|pmid=18297169|pmc=2647387}}</ref>

With these new vaccines, India’s UIP will now provide free vaccines against 13{{citation needed|date=May 2018}} life threatening diseases, to 27 million children annually.
Calling it one of the most significant health policies in the last 30 years, the note pointed out that the latest decision along with the recently introduced [[pentavalent vaccine]], will help prevent death in about one lakh infants and adults in the working age group, besides putting a stop to about 10 lakh hospitalizations each year.

“The introduction of four new lifesaving vaccines, will play a key role in reducing the childhood and infant mortality and morbidity in the country. Many of these vaccines are already available through private practitioners to those who can afford them. The government will now ensure that the benefits of vaccination reach all sections of the society, regardless of social and economic status,” the PM said.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/dRUdNB3m65UAGb0RAmvWTO/Govt-adds-4-vaccines-to-immunisation-programme.html |title= Govt adds 4 vaccines to immunisation programme |date= July 3, 2014 |publisher= Livemint |access-date=February 18, 2017}}</ref>

From February 2017, Union ministry of health and family welfare has rolled out Measles-Rubella vaccine from UIP.<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://indianexpress.com/article/india/measles-rubella-vaccine-to-roll-out-in-february-4467248/ |title=Measles-rubella vaccine to roll out in February |date= January 10, 2017 |last= Ghosh |first= Abantika |publisher= The India Express |access-date= February 18, 2017}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Vaccine-preventable diseases]]
*[[World Immunization Week]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{Health in India}}
[[Category:Vaccination]]
[[Category:Health programmes in India]]