What is the plan of Govt. of India regarding introduction of Hepatitis B Vaccination in the country?
Hepatitis B vaccination is being introduced in the first phase in selected 15 cities & 32 districts in the country. The main consideration for selecting these locations is coverage of more than 80percent eligible children through routine immunization based on coverage evaluation surveys.According to the strategy decided by Govt. of India the children below the age of one year in only the slums of the above stated selected cities & all the infants in selected districts will be offered free Hepatitis B vaccination.Then depending on the experience of above pilot the Hepatitis B vaccination can be expanded gradually to cover infants in the whole country.
Hepatitis B vaccination is being introduced in the first phase in selected 15 cities & 32 districts in the country. The main consideration for selecting these locations is coverage of more than 80percent eligible children through routine immunization based on coverage evaluation surveys. According to the strategy decided by Govt. of India the children below the age of one year in only the slums of the above stated selected cities & all the infants in selected districts will be offered free Hepatitis B vaccination. Then depending on the experience of above pilot the Hepatitis B vaccination can be expanded gradually to cover infants in the whole country.
