NagrikFoundation - Immunization Crisis in India

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India is on the note of improvement regarding its
maternal and child mortality rate but despite
that the program of immunization in India has
been uneven across the 28 Indian states where the
proportion of children being vaccinated below
five years of age exceeds 70 in only 11 states
and has less than 50 in eight states.

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Why There Is A Need For Immunization?
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• Child Survival health
• Strong primary health care
• Sustainable future of the nation
• Disease-free community

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THE PROBLEMS WE ARE FACING EVEN TODAY
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Poor Education and Lack of Knowledge

• Having no information about its significance, the
  individuals miss out on their dosage.

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LOW-QUALITY VACCINES

• Somehow, low-quality vaccines have resulted in
  poor performance of vaccination programs
  previously resulting in a lack of trust among
  people.

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GEOGRAPHIC BARRIERS

• People living in far and distant regions are left
  out of the immunization programs and sometimes
  fall victim to these deadly diseases.

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RESISTANT POPULATION

• There are many people living in our country who
  still do not believe much in this science of
  medicine. For them, vaccines are not worthy and
  hence they drop out of the scheduled programs.

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HOW TO RESOLVE THE SITUATION?
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• The immunization plans should be scheduled and
  re- scheduled
• Parents need to be made aware of its importance
  through mass media, local meetings etc.
• Creating local help groups who can keep track of
  the children who are not vaccinated.

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• Immunization is one of the most important issues
  in the medical domain. Look out for some of the
  challenges that our country is facing and what we
  could do to improve the situation at an
  individual level. NGOs in Delhi have been working
  at the grassroot level to make this possible.