National Vaccine Policy Book - Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Executive Summary
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1. Preamble
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1.1. Background 3
1.2. Purpose of this document 3
1.3. Process adopted in the development of this document 4
2. Policy context and framework
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2.1. Current UIP vaccines 4
2.2. New and under-utilized vaccines 4
2.3. Potentially new vaccines 5
2.4. Vaccine security and other issues 5
3. Situation analysis
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3.1. Burden of VPDs and their surveillance 5
3.2. Barriers to strengthen Immunization Programme 6
4. Vaccine Research and Development
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4.1. Institutional capacity and framework 7
4.2. Vaccine quality regulatory system 11
4.3. Vaccine production and supply 15
5. Introduction of new vaccines in UIP
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5.1. Vaccine selection 16
5.2. Vaccine formulations and immunization schedules 17
5.3. National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI) 18
5.4. Decision making process 19
6. Operational efficiency of UIP
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6.1. Improving vaccine coverage 20
6.2. AEFI surveillance system 20
6.3. VPD surveillance 21
6.4. Vaccine forecasting, procurement and management 23
6.5. Human resource 26
6.6. Advocacy and communication 27
6.7. Ethics and equity 28
7. Implementation and monitoring
8. Key references
9. List of Contributors
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