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Universal Immunisation Programme
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<p>Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP) is a <a href="/facts/Vaccination/3SfpzPsd">vaccination</a> programme launched by the <a href="/facts/Government_of_India/BIpETqjv">Government of India</a> in 1985. It became a part of Child Survival and Safe Motherhood Programme in 1992 and has remained one of the key areas under the <a href="/facts/National_Health_Mission/kPw6n4PH">National Health Mission</a> since 2005. The programme now consists of vaccination against 12 diseases- <a href="/facts/Tuberculosis/ggPyovAl">tuberculosis</a>, <a href="/facts/Diphtheria/IKFXNjAV">diphtheria</a>, <a href="/facts/Pertussis/LyrTdSeh">pertussis</a> (whooping cough), <a href="/facts/Tetanus/1vukLxUU">tetanus</a>, <a href="/facts/Poliomyelitis/6dYyXUhE">poliomyelitis</a>, <a href="/facts/Measles/tepQCUIG">measles</a>, <a href="/facts/Hepatitis_B/qqPTEY3p">hepatitis B</a>, <a href="/facts/Rotaviral_gastroenteritis/ElKJQD0s">rotaviral gastroenteritis</a>, <a href="/facts/Japanese_encephalitis/dXjMSu8z">Japanese encephalitis</a>, <a href="/facts/Rubella/GaCHuPtc">rubella</a>, <a href="/facts/Pneumonia/Jw0KquTA">pneumonia</a> (<a href="/facts/Haemophilus_influenzae/wqIpoDI1">haemophilus influenzae</a> type B) and Pneumococcal diseases (<a href="/facts/Pneumococcal_pneumonia/ADvmEHgQ">pneumococcal pneumonia</a> and <a href="/facts/Meningitis/4m4STzJB">meningitis</a>). Hepatitis B and Pneumococcal diseases were added to the UIP in 2007 and 2017 respectively. The cost of all the vaccines are borne entirely by the <a href="/facts/Government_of_India/BIpETqjv">Government of India</a> and is funded through taxes with a budget of ₹7,234 crore (US$860 million) in 2022 and the program covers all residents of India, including foreign residents. </p><p>The other additions in UIP through the way are <a href="/facts/Inactivated_vaccine/R1onnWMB">inactivated</a> <a href="/facts/Polio_vaccine/nR2Tk2Um">polio vaccine</a> (IPV), <a href="/facts/Rotavirus_vaccine/WVLtCEuh">rotavirus vaccine</a> (RVV), <a href="/facts/Measles_vaccine/t0PwyzAX">Measles</a>-<a href="/facts/Rubella_vaccine/kxsByaG0">Rubella</a> vaccine (MR). Four new vaccines have been introduced into the country's Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP), including injectable polio vaccine, an adult vaccine against Japanese Encephalitis and <a href="/facts/Pneumococcal_conjugate_vaccine/IxaeBXot">Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine</a>. </p>