**Summary:**
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is implementing a nationwide vaccination campaign, providing 11 vaccines free of cost to children. Routine immunization sessions are organized weekly in both rural and urban areas, targeting children and pregnant women. ASHA workers conduct door-to-door outreach to inform beneficiaries and encourage vaccination.
To improve immunization coverage, strategic interventions including advocacy, social mobilization, interpersonal communication at the family level, and media engagement are employed. Intensified Mission Indradhanush, a special catch-up vaccination campaign under the Universal Immunization Programme, focuses on areas with low immunization coverage to reach left-out and dropout children and pregnant women. Special campaigns, such as National Immunization Days (NIDs) as part of the Pulse Polio programme, are conducted annually.
Information, Education, and Communication (IEC) activities are implemented nationwide, utilizing service broadcasters like Doordarshan, media celebrities, radio jingles, YouTube podcasts, and social media platforms. Localized community-level activities, including miking, posters, and group meetings, are also organized.
State Task Force on Immunization (STFI), District Task Force on Immunization (DTFI), and Block Task Force on Immunization (BTFI) ensure effective implementation of vaccination drives. Village Health and Nutrition Days (VHND) are hosted on designated days for immunization activities. The U-Win portal has been rolled out for digital registration and recording of all vaccination events for children and pregnant women.
The 11 vaccines provided are: Hepatitis B, Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV), Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG), Injectable Polio Vaccine (IPV), Pentavalent Vaccine, Rotavirus Vaccine (RVV), Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV), Measles Rubella (MR), Diphtheria Pertussis Tetanus (DPT), Tetanus Adult Diphtheria (Td), and Japanese Encephalitis (JE).
This information was provided by the Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Smt. Anupriya Patel, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha on August 1, 2025.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare: The Indian government ministry responsible for public health.
Universal Immunization Programme: A vaccination program by the Indian government to provide vaccines free of cost.
Intensified Mission Indradhanush: A special catch-up vaccination campaign under the Universal Immunization Programme in India.
Pulse Polio programme: A special vaccination campaign for polio eradication in India, including National Immunization Days.
UWin portal: A digital portal for the registration and recording of vaccination events in India.
Lok Sabha: The lower house of the Parliament of India, where a written reply was given.
Smt. Anupriya Patel: The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare.
Delhi: Location of Press Information Bureau (PIB) where the information was posted.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on Vaccination Campaign for Children
11 vaccines are administered free of cost to children
under the vaccination campaign in the country
Routine immunization sessions are organized on a
weekly basis in rural and urban areas of the district
to vaccinate children and pregnant women
Strategic interventions like advocacy, social
mobilization, inter personal communication at family
level and media engagement are undertaken as
measures to improve immunization coverage
Intensified Mission Indradhanush, special catch-up
vaccination campaign under the Universal
Immunization Programme was conducted in areas of
low immunization coverage to vaccinate left out &
dropped out children and pregnant women
Special vaccination campaigns such as National
Immunization Days as a part of the Pulse Polio
programme are carried out every year
Posted On: 01 AUG 2025 2:29PM by PIB Delhi
11 vaccines are administered free of cost to children under the vaccination campaign in the country. The name
of these vaccines is as under:Hepatitis B Vaccine
(cid:108)
Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV)
(cid:108)
Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Vaccine (BCG)
(cid:108)
Injectable Polio Vaccine (IPV)
(cid:108)
Pentavalent Vaccine
(cid:108)
Rotavirus Vaccine (RVV)
(cid:108)
Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV)
(cid:108)
Measles & Rubella Vaccine (MR)
(cid:108)
Diphtheria Pertussis Tetanus Vaccine (DPT)
(cid:108)
Tetanus & Adult Diphtheria Vaccine (Td) and
(cid:108)
Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine (JE)
(cid:108)
Routine immunization sessions are organized on a weekly basis in rural and urban areas of the district to
vaccinate children and pregnant women. Before each session, the ASHA worker of the concerned area goes
door-to-door to inform beneficiaries about the vaccination session site and to motivate children and pregnant
women to come and get vaccinated on the vaccination day. To maximize vaccine coverage in the country,
Information Education and Communication (IEC) activities are implemented across the country. IEC
dissemination is carried out through service broadcasters such as Doordarshan using media celebrities, radio
jingles and YouTube podcasts. Social media platforms such as X handle, Instagram handle and Facebook
page are used. Localized community-level activities such as miking, posters and group meetings are also
organized.
The efforts made by the Government to make vaccination campaign and health awareness programme more
effective during the last five years in the country are as follows: -
State Task Force on Immunization (STFI), District Task Force on Immunization (DTFI) and Block
(cid:108)
Task Force on Immunization (BTFI) ensure effective implementation of the vaccination drives
which are regularly undertaken.
Strategic interventions like advocacy, social mobilization, inter personal communication at family
(cid:108)
level and media engagement are undertaken as measures to improve immunization coverage.
Intensified Mission Indradhanush, special catch-up vaccination campaign under the Universal
(cid:108)
Immunization Programme was conducted in areas of low immunization coverage to vaccinate left
out & dropped out children and pregnant women.
Special vaccination campaigns such as National Immunization Days (NIDs) as a part of the Pulse
(cid:108)
Polio programme are carried out every year.
Hosting of Village Health and Nutrition Days (VHND) on designated days for immunization
(cid:108)
activities.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has rolled out the U-Win portal for the digital
(cid:108)
registration and recording of all vaccination events of children and pregnant women.
The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Smt. Anupriya Patel stated this in a written reply
in the Lok Sabha today.
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