Open AccessAn assessment of hepatitis B vaccine introduction in India: Lessons for roll out and scale up of new vaccines in immunization programs
Author(s) -
Chandrakant Lahariya,
BP Subramanya,
Stephen Sosler
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of public health/indian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2229-7693
pISSN - 0019-557X
DOI - 10.4103/0019-557x.111357
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatitis b vaccine , vaccination , diphtheria , polio vaccine , immunization , hepatitis b , poliomyelitis , environmental health , family medicine , pediatrics , virology , immunology , hepatitis b virus , virus , hbsag , antigen
Hepatitis B vaccine was introduced in the Universal Immunization Program (UIP) of 10 states of India in the year 2007-08. This assessment was planned and conducted to ascertain the reasons for low reported coverage of Hepatitis B (Hep B) vaccine in comparison of similarly timed diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus (DPT) vaccine; to identify operational and programmatic challenges in new vaccine introductions, and to derive lessons for scale up of Hep B vaccination (or for introduction of any new vaccine) in UIP of India.