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If you look at the health scenario in our country,

you are expected to be pretty disappointed as
statistically we lack behind. There could be a
variety of reasons for that, including the large
population of India, which in turn results in
decrease in the living conditions, especially in
congested urban and distant rural areas, where
proper sanitation and water are facilities that are
not available to all. Such basic necessities give
rise to diseases if not available in clean condition
to all.

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But, if we focus on making a healthier

India, how do we do it?

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The government has taken up several initiative and

missions that aim to counteract the problems with public
health. These work on the central, state and as well as
district levels. But the most recent sought after initiate
was the setting up of ITSU, or the Immunization, technical
Support Unit, which not only focuses on
routine Immunization programs in India, but has a
holisticapproach towards bettering public health,

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Routine immunization programs under ITSU

include:
The mission Indradhanush, that focuses on vaccinating
all children under the age of two and pregnant women
with available vaccines.

UIP or the Universal Immunization Program, that aims

to achieve immunization of all target age children and
mothers in India through state and district-specific
delivery of vaccines.

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The core purpose of ITSU is

Enhance institutional capacity for designing
effective routine immunization programs for
the country
Promoting policy research, advocacy and
communications

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Suggesting potential pathways for achieving

comprehensive coverage of immunization
services, with special focus on difficult and hardto-reach places and populations.
Evaluating and learning from other initiatives
across the country and the world.
Develop context-specific strategies and work as
a catalyst in executing routine
Immunization programs in India like UIP and
Indradhanush.

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Every year 5 lakh children die in India due to vaccine

preventable diseases and 89 lakh children remain at risk
because they are not fully immunized against vaccine
preventable diseases.

Unimmunized and partially immunized children are most

susceptible to childhood diseases and are at a much
higher risk of dying as compared to fully immunized
children.

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Even more than that, routine immunization prevents

outbreaks of diseases by keeping them in control in a
region or area. This helps in distribution of labour in the
health system; also, Routine Immunization Programs
in India are statistically important because they give us
an idea of about how many people now has access to
vaccines and also about population parameters of
health.

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Contact Us

Immunization Technical Support Unit (ITSU)

14, Community Centre, Panchsheel Park
New Delhi- 110017, India
Website: https://www.itsu.org.in

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ITSU ORG.