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India’s Immunization Coverage is Abysmal

India’s Immunization Coverage is Abysmal

by The Daily Eye Team November 30 2016, 4:08 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 43 secs

India fares very poorly in comparison to other countries as far as expenditure and coverage for vaccinating it’s population goes. This, according to a recent white paper released by Confederation of Indian Industries (CII).


“India lags behind its global peers when it comes to full immunisation coverage. Mexico and Brazil’s portfolio is far superior to that of India and China, as it includes both vaccine against cervical cancer (HPV) and Pneumo-coccal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) against Pneumonia,” points out the paper.


While India spent $20 (approximately Rs 1,374) behind an individual’s healthcare of which only $4 (approximately Rs 275) are spent on free vaccination, Vietnam spent four times the sum that India spends on health. Brazil and Turkey spend upto $410 (approximately Rs 28,175) on an individual’s healthcare which includes free immunisation, states the report.

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