Introduction of New Vaccines

Rota virus Vaccine: In order to prevent the morbidity and mortality in children due to rotavirus, Rotavirus vaccine was introduced in Universal Immunization Programme in four states initially i.e. Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh in April 2016.

• Adult JE Vaccine: Japanese Encephalitis vaccination was expanded in adult population of districts with high disease burden of adult JE. Recently, 21 high burden districts from Assam, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal have been identified for adult JE vaccination.
• Mission Indradhanush: Second phase of MI continued in Jan 2016 in 352 districts. Phase III was implemented from April to July 2016 in 216 districts of the country.