World Health Organization, South-East Asia Regional Office

India 2017

Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI)
FACT SHEET

Acronyms
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MCV1

First dose measles containing vaccine

AEFI

Adverse events following immunization

MCV2

Second dose measles containing vaccine


AFP

Acute flaccid paralysis

MICS

Multiple indicator cluster survey

BCG

Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine

MMR

Measles mumps rubella vaccine

CES

Coverage evaluation survey


MNT

Maternal and neonatal tetanus

cMYP

Comprehensive multi-year plan

MR

Measles rubella vaccine

CRS

Congenital rubella syndrome

NCIP

National committee on immunization practices


DHS

Demographic health survey

NID

National immunization day

DT

Diphtheria tetanus toxoid, pediatric

NTAGI

National technical advisory group on immunization

DTP

Diphtheria – tetanus – pertussis vaccine


NPEV

Non-polio enterovirus

DTP-Hib-HepB

Pentavalent vaccine

NT

Neonatal tetanus

DTP-Hib-HepB3 3rd dose pentavalent vaccine

OPV

Oral poliovirus vaccine

EPI


Expanded programme on immunization

bOPV

Bivalent OPV

GDP

Gross domestic product

tOPV

Trivalent OPV

HCW

Health care worker

PCV


Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine

HepB

Hepatitis B vaccine

SEAR

WHO South-East Asia Region

Hib

Haemophilus influenzae type b

SIA

Supplementary immunization activities

HPV


Human papilloma virus

SNID

Subnational immunization day

IgM

Immunoglobulin M

Td

Tetanus diphtheria toxoid; older children, adults

IPV

Inactivated poliovirus vaccine

TT


Tetanus toxoid

JE

Japanese encephalitis

TT2+

2 or more doses TT

JE_Live-Atd

JE live attenuated vaccine

VDPV

Vaccine derived poliovirus

JRF


WHO UNICEF joint reporting form

VPD

Vaccine preventable diseases

LB

Live birth

WCBA

Women of child bearing age

M

Measles

WPV


Wild poliovirus

Contents
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Impact of rouine immunizaion
EPI history

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No.

Towards measles eliminaion and rubella/congenital rubella
syndrome control

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Basic informaion 2016


MCV1 and MCV2 coverage, measles and rubella cases, 1980-2016

Figure 11

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Table 1

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Immunizaion schedule 2016

MCV supplementary immunizaion aciviies

Table 7

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Table 2

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Naional immunizaion coverage 1980 - 2016

MCV1 coverage by state 2015

Figure 12

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Figure 1

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Immunizaion system highlights

MCV1 coverage by state 2016

Figure 13

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Table 3

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DTP3 coverage, diphtheria and pertussis cases 1980 - 2016

MCV2 coverage by state 2015

Figure 14

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Figure 2

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Reported cases of vaccine preventable diseases 2011 - 2016

MCV1 coverage by state 2016

Figure 15

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Table 4

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DTP-Hib-HepB3 coverage by state 2015

Immunity against measles – immunity proile by age in 2016

Figure 16

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Figure 3

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DTP-Hib-HepB3 coverage by state 2016

Subnaional risk assessment for measles and rubella

Figure 17

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Figure 4

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Sporadic and outbreak associated measles cases by month 2011 - 2016

Figure 18

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Immunizaion status of conirmed (laboratory and EPI linked) measles outbreak
associated cases by age 2011 – 2016

Figure 19

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Quality of ield and laboratory surveillance for measles and rubella 2012 - 2016

Table 8

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Performance of laboratory surveillance 2012 - 2016

Table 9

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Network of WHO supported surveillance medical oicers and laboratories for
VPD surveillance

Figure 20

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Maternal and neonatal tetanus eliminaion is sustained
TT2+ coverage and NT cases 1980 - 2016

Figure 5

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No.

Polio-free status is maintained
AFP surveillance indicators 2011 - 2016

Table 5

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Non-polio AFP rate by district 2015

Figure 6

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Non-polio AFP rate by district 2016

Figure 7

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Environmental surveillance sites for polio detecion

Figure 8

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Adequate stool specimen collecion percentage by district 2015

Figure 9

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Adequate stool specimen collecion percentage by district 2016

Figure 10

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OPV supplementary immunizaion aciviies

Table 6

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WHO South-East Asia Region
India: state level map

Disclaimer: The boundaries and names shown and the designaions used on all the maps do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the
World Health Organizaion concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area of its authoriies, or concerning the delimitaion of its froniers or boundaries.

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Impact of routine immunization
Table 1: Basic information1 2016

EPI history

Total populaion

1300,000,000

Division/Province/State/Region

36

Live births

27,005,535

District

676

EPI launched in 1978 with DPT, OPV, BCG
and typhoid vaccines

Children 10% drop-out rate for DTP-Hib-HepB1 to DTP-Hib-HepB3

50 districts (7 %)

Polio vaccinaion policy for travellers to and from polio endemic/infected countries introduced
Mission Indradhanush to immunize all children against seven VPDs ongoing since

2014
Dec 2014
2017

Plan to introduce Rubella vaccine
Source: WHO/UNICEF JRF, 2016

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Figure 2: DTP3 coverage1, diphtheria and pertussis cases2, 1980-2016

DTP-Hib-HepB3 coverage by state

320,109 184,368 112,416

100000

100

80000

80

60000

60

40000

40

20000

20

0

% Coverage

No. of cases

Figure 3: 2015

0
1980

1985

1990

1995

2000

2005

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016
Source: SEAR annual EPI reporing form, 2015 (administraive data)

Year
Diphtheria Cases

Pertussis Cases

DTP3 Coverage

WHO/UNICEF esimates of naional immunizaion coverage, July 2017 revision
WHO vaccine-preventable diseases: monitoring system 2016

1
2

Figure 4: 2016

Table 4: Reported cases of vaccine preventable diseases, 2011-2016
Year

Polio

Diphtheria

Pertussis

NT
(% of all Tetanus)

Measles

Rubella

Mumps

JE

CRS

2011

1a

4,233

39,091

734 (26%)

33,634

ND

ND

1,214

ND

2012

0

3,305

1,201

ND

ND

ND

2,525

44,154

588 (24%)

2013

c

0

3,133

31,089

415 (15%)

8,285

3,289

ND

1,078

ND

2014

0d

6,094

46,706

492(10%)

26,530

5,716

ND

1,657

ND

2015

0e

2,365

25,206

491 (22%)

30,168

5,850

ND

1,620

ND

2016

0

3,380

37,274

227 (6%)

17,250

10,311

ND

1,627

25

b

f

Excludes six type 2 VDPVs and one type 3 VDPVs
b
Excludes one type 2 VDPVs
c
Excludes ive type 2 VDPVs
d
Excludes three type 2 VDPVs
e
Excludes two type 2 VDPVs
f
Excludes one type 2 VDPVs
a

Source: WHO/UNICEF JRF and EPI/MOHFW

Source: SEAR annual EPI reporing form, 2016 (administraive data)
ND=No data

90%

Maternal and neonatal tetanus elimination is sustained

Figure 5: TT2+ coverage1 and NT cases2, 1980-2016
36 States and Union
Territories have achieved MNT
eliminaion status by May 2015
9,313

5000

% Coverage

No. of cases

4000
3000
2000
1000
No data
0
1980

1985

1990

1995

2000

2005

2010

2011

2012

Year
NT Cases
WHO/UNICEF JRF, country oicial esimates, 1980-2016
WHO vaccine-preventable diseases: monitoring system 2016

1
2

© WHO/India/M Shapiro

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TT2+ Coverage

2013

2014

2015

2016

Polio-free status is maintained
Table 5: AFP surveillance performance indicators, 2011-2016
The last polio case due to WPV was reported on 13 January 2011 from West Bengal.
Indicator

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

AFP cases

60,540

60,922

54,660

54,101

46,978

46,533

Wild poliovirus conirmed cases

1

0

0

0

0

0

Compaible cases

54

31

33

13

11

13

13.49

13.94

12.50

12.37

10.78

10.57

84%

87%

86%

87%

86%

87%

91,868

91,161

Non-polio AFP rate

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Adequate stool specimen collecion percentage2

117,774 119,329 110,420 105,939

Total stool samples collected
% NPEV isolaion

20

16

19

18

15

15

% Timeliness of primary result reported3

95

96

95

97

97

97

Number of discarded AFP cases per 100,000 children under 15 years of age.
Percent with 2 specimens, at least 24 hours apart and within 14 days of paralysis onset.
3
Results reported within 14 days of sample received at laboratory.
1
2

Non-polio AFP rate by district

Figure 6: 2015

Figure 7: 2016

2

No non-polio AFP case

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Figure 8: Environmental surveillance sites for

Table 6: OPV SIAs

poliovirus detection
Year

Anigen

Geographic
coverage

Target populaion

Coverage (%)

Target age
Round 1

Round 2

Round 1

Round 2

2014

tOPV

NID