One of the initiatives under National Health Mission, UIP has, over the last decade, helped greatly to reduce mortality and morbidity due to vaccine-preventable diseases and the infant mortality rate. While surveillance information for specific VPDs is limited, the steady fall of IMR from 123 to 50 deaths per 1000 live-births does in part reflect the consequence of UIP. The goal of the current comprehensive multiyear plan for 2013-17 is to reduce death-rate and morbidity due to vaccine preventable diseases through high quality immunization programs. Its key objectives are to:
All these objectives contribute to the larger National Health Mission (NHM) goal, which is to address the health needs of urban and undeserved rural areas.
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AuthorITSU Stands for Immunization Technical Support Unit Launched by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) and Public Health Foundation of India aims to achieve full immunization of all target-age children and mothers Categories |