India fares poorly in expenditure and coverage of vaccination
A recent white paper released by Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) stated that India fares very poorly in comparison to other countries in expenditure and coverage for vaccinations. The paper points out that the vaccine portfolio of Mexico and Brazil is far superior to that of India and China as it includes both vaccine against cervical cancer (HPV) and Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines (PCV) against Pneumonia.
The condition of children’s health in India
As children are considered as the future of the nation, thus, it’s very important to understand that what is their health status for a country to progress. The Indian children face several health issues, right from their birth. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is doing every possible bit to elevate the health condition of the children, but it will take some time to make it possible.
Following are the details of the health condition of the Indian children:
- In India, it has been estimated that around half of the children in the age group of 0 to 3 years are malnourished.
- The health facilities are not accessible to a large number of population, mainly because of the lack of enough resources.
- Infant and child mortality rates are high.
- In some castes and tribes, it has been noticed that children die because of starvation as they face discrimination in food based schemes and in society in general.
- There are absolutely no services or programmes designed to deal with the mental health issues of children.
- There are no health facilities for the children having disabilities, HIV/AIDS or mental disorders.
- India has the highest prevalence of TB, anemia and several other health problems among children.
- In some parts of India, girls do not have an access to health care facilities.
- Many children die every year from preventable diseases.
- Measles has been considered as the largest cause of death among children.
- In some of the Indian states, Tetanus is still a major problem among new born babies.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is putting in its best efforts by making immunization and vaccination available for the children at no or minimal charges. It is also trying to make all the health facilities within reach of the children residing at the remotest of places.
Vaccination in India: A Step Towards Eradication of Diseases
Cervical Cancer can be Cured with HPV Vaccination
Cervical cancer has become the second most common cancer leading to deaths of women. According to the National Centre for Disease Informatics Research, and National Cancer Registry Program reports, incidence of cervical cancer is highest in Bathinda at 17.5, followed by Mansa 17.3. The number of women diagnosed with breast cancer every year worldwide is expected to almost double from 1.7 million in 2015 to 3.2 million, and cervical cancer is predicted to rise by at least 25% to over seven lakh by 2030, mostly in low and middle income countries (LMICs), according to the cancer registries.
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JE vaccination drive in 4 districts of Odisha from December
The Odisha state government has planned to start mass vaccination in Japanese Encephalitis (JE) affected districts of Malkangiri, Jaipur, Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj from first week of December.
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Door to door survey for vaccination against JE
Door to door survey for the proposed vaccination drive against the lethal Japanese Encephalitis (JE) started in Malkangiri district on Sunday, while another child died in Malkangiri district headquarter hospital taking the toll to 114.
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The current health scenario of India
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare consists of the following departments:
- Health & Family Welfare
- Health Research
- AIDS Control
- Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH)
Along with all the other health facilities, India was in desperate need of strong immunization programme that can cater to its large population, spread across rural and urban sectors. There was a majority of population that does not have access to the immunization facilities, thus, they used to face different health problems in life. The Indian government decided to take a corrective action and declared the year 2012 as the Year of Intensification of Routine Immunization (RI) in India. With the establishment of Immunization Technical Support Unit (ITSU), the implementation of MoHFW’s Multi-Year Strategic Plan for Immunization has been made possible.
ITSU has worked towards designing effective strategies for implementation of UIP by improving the access, quality and coverage of the routine immunization programmes. It particularly focuses on Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh to make existing as well as future vaccines within their reach.
Public Health Initiatives Are Important In India
Public Health Foundation of India is a foundation launched by the former Prime minister of India, Manmohan Singh in the year 2006. The foundation helps to build institutional and systems capacity in India for strengthening education, training, research and policy development in the area of Public Health.
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Priming Of The Immune System As Vaccination in India
Vaccination is the method to prevent infectious diseases in the body. Due to widespread of immunity and vaccination in India and world, worldwide eradication of smallpox has been made possible, along with restriction of diseases (polio, measles and tetanus) from much of the world.
According to World Health Organization (WHO), licensed vaccines are currently available to prevent or contribute to the prevention and control of twenty-five preventable infections.
The vaccination was renamed as immunization because it was derived from a virus affecting cows (Latin: vacca–cow). Though in common speech, vaccination and immunization have a similar meaning. The only thing distinguishes them is inoculation, which uses unweakened live pathogens, although in common usage either can refer to an immunization.
The process of artificial induction of immunity through an effort to protect against infectious disease, involves ‘priming’ of the immune system with an ‘immunogen’. The stimulation of immune responses with an infectious agent is known as immunization.
Smallpox was most probably the first disease on which people tried inoculation and was the first disease for which a vaccine was produced. It was a contagious and deadly disease. The vaccine for small pox was discovered by the British physician Edward Jenner. He was the first one to publish evidence that his principles were effective and to provide advice on its production, though at least six people had used the same principles. Louis Pasteur had further taken the concept through his work in microbiology.
The latest recommended chart for vaccination in India to all the children includes 13 vaccines, with names BCG, HepB, Poliovirus, DTP, Hib, PCV, RV, Typhoid, MMR, Varicella, HepA, Tdap, HPV.
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