| Full vaccination surges from 83.8 pc to 87.1 pc as malnutrition recedes, reports NFHS-6 | | | Early Times Report
NEW DELHI, May 29: India has registered significant improvements in child health indicators, including immunisation coverage and nutritional outcomes, according to the sixth round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6) released by the Union Health Ministry on Friday.
Full vaccination coverage among children aged 12-23 months increased from 83.8 per cent in 2019-21 to 87.1 per cent in 2023-24, while key child nutrition indicators such as stunting and severe wasting registered significant declines, according to the NFHS-6.
The NFHS-6 was conducted during 2023-24 by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare with the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai as the nodal agency.
Covering nearly 6.79 lakh households across 715 districts, the survey provides evidence on population, health, nutrition and family welfare indicators and supports programme implementation up to the district level.
India continues to make strong progress towards universal immunisation coverage, the ministry said in a statement.
Full vaccination coverage among children aged 12-23 months, based on vaccination cards, increased from 83.8 per cent in NFHS-5 (2019-21) to 87.1 per cent in NFHS-6 (2023-24).
Reaffirming the trust of communities in the public healthcare system, 95.6 per cent of children received most vaccinations through public health facilities, up from 94.5 per cent in NFHS-5.
The survey found that receipt of any vaccine among children aged 12-23 months remained consistently high at above 96 per cent, while substantial improvements were recorded across major vaccines.
Rotavirus vaccination coverage rose sharply from 36.4 per cent to 85.4 per cent during the survey period, while coverage of the second dose of measles-containing vaccine increased significantly from 58.6 per cent to 71.8 per cent.
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