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Nation National Immunization Day

Timeline of the largest vaccination campaign

Timeline of India's COVID
vaccination drive
1978: Vaccination began in
the country.
1985: The Universal
Immunization Program (UIP)
was launched.
Free vaccinations are being
provided to prevent 12
different types of serious
diseases.
March 27, 2014: India
receives polio-free
certificationon from WHO
July 14, 2016: WHO certifies
To combat the seriousness of COVID, vaccination India as maternal and
began in the country on January 16, 2021, via neonatal tetanus Free
the CoWIN app, and 100 crore doses had been May 2019: The monitoring
administered by October 21, 2021. India reached a of side effects following
vaccination began. India
historic milestone on July 17, 2022 as 2.5 crore vaccine meets 60 percent of the
doses were administered in a single day, and all of this world's vaccine needs.
was recorded in real time using technology. On July 17,
2022, 200 crore doses were completed. This was made 28.14 crore dose
possible by the use of an online training platform. Under the Vaccine Maitri programme,
More than 2.64 lakh health workers and 4.76 lakh other India has given vaccines to more than
vaccination team officials were trained. 99 countries and UN organizations,
including UN peacekeepers and
UN health workers.
India leads the world Showed power to the world

250 220.00
number of doses full vaccination While America took 298 days to deliver 400 million
200 vaccine doses, India took just 183 days to reach
the figure.
At least one dose has been given to the 92.21 crore
150
4.06 4.79 5.07 5.31 95.11 adult population. This number is three times the
66.04 population of the United States and seven times the
100
population of Russia.
50 9.58 14.32 15.12 15.29
86.50 crore of the adult population in the country has
22.88 been fully vaccinated, which is 4.4 times the population
0 of Brazil and 14 times the population of the UK.
Spain Italy Britain France America India
(Note: Dose and number of beneficiaries in crore, all figures are as of 20 December 2022.)

the target of at least 90% full immunisation is met. Indradhanush campaign. Following the success of
In the year 2017, the speed of Mission the Central Government's campaign, the measles-
Indradhanush was further increased. As a result, rubella vaccine was included in the National
the country put it on mission mode, and so far, Immunization Program in 2017 to protect against
4.45 crore children and 1.12 crore pregnant women measles and rubella disease and to eradicate it.
have been fully vaccinated under the Mission This is also being run as a campaign because

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