QuestionConsider the following statements regarding NSO report on immunization among children:
(1) Around 60% of children under five years of age were fully immunised.
(2) Majority of the children received vaccination from private hospitals or clinics.
Which is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) None of these
Answer : (a)
- Context:
- National Statistical Office (NSO) released a report on immunisation among children. The survey was conducted during July 2017-June 2018.
Findings of the Report:
- Around 60% of children under five years of age were fully immunised. This includes about 59% of boys and 60% of girls across the country who had been fully immunised with all eight prescribed vaccinations — BCG, OPV- 1, 2,3, DPT- 1,2,3 and measles.
- In rural India, about 58% (57% boys and 60% girls) children under five years, and about 62% (62% boys and 61% girls) children in urban India had been fully immunised.
- Majority of the children received vaccination from government hospitals or clinics.
- About 95% of children in rural India and 86% of children in urban India had received some vaccination from government hospitals including primary and community health centres or even Anganwadi centres.
- Private sector catered to about 5% of children in rural India, though the percentage was slightly higher at 14% of children in urban India who received any vaccination.
- Additional Facts :
- The Intensified Mission Indradhanush, launched by PM Modi in 2017, aims to reach each and every child under two years of age and all pregnant women who have been left uncovered under the routine immunisation programme.
- The government had set a target to achieve 90% immunisation coverage this year. However, the programme has suffered a big blow due to the pandemic.
By:Arpit Mishara
Link:
http://mospi.nic.in/sites/default/files/publication_reports/mospi_Annual_Report_2017-18.pdf