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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, including employing and education people in the public health sector.

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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.

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•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.

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 hard-to-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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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.

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.

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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 UsImmunization Technical Support Unit (ITSU)

14, Community Centre, Panchsheel ParkNew Delhi- 110017, India

Website: https://www.itsu.org.in

ThanksITSU ORG.

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