The National Population Policy (2000) aims at complete protection of all children against vaccine preventable diseases by 2010. Urban poor, many residing in slums, comprise about one-fourth of India’s 285 million urban population. 60% of the children aged 12-23 months in urban India are fully immunized; coverage among urban poor children is a dismal 43%. The inter-state variations of immunization coverage in urban areas, reveals a service coverage gap which calls for a rethink on resource allocation and strengthening processes to improve immunization coverage amongst urban poor.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/understanding-and-addressing-childhood-immunization-coverage-urban-slums
[2] http://www.indianpediatrics.net/july2005/653.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/siddharth-agarwal
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[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/geetanjali-goindi
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[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/child-health
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/slums
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/immunisation
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-policy
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/primary-health-care
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health
