- Universal Immunization Programme was launched in 1985.
- The program now consists of vaccination for 12 diseases:
- tuberculosis
- diphtheria
- pertussis (whooping cough)
- tetanus
- poliomyelitis
- measles
- Hepatitis B
- diarrhoea
- Japanese Encephalitis
- Rubella
- Pneumonia( Heamophilus Influenza Type B)
- Pneumococcal diseases (Pneumococcal Pneumonia and Meningitis)
- The Indradhanush mission, launched in 2014, is to fast track the universal immunization programme.
- The mission aims at increasing the immunisation coverage to 90% by 2018.
