THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
(DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)
(a) & (b) Government has provided financial and technical assistance to the States and UTs for proper storage of vaccines in the country including rural areas having inadequate power supply.
Under the Universal Immunization Programme (UIP), states/UTs are provided with Ice lined Refrigerators (ILRs), Deep Freezers (DFs), Walk-in-coolers (WIC), Walk-in Freezers (WIF), Solar refrigerators, cold box, vaccine carrier and Ice packs for proper storage and distribution of vaccines. The State/UT wise details of cold chain equipment provided in the last three years and current year are given in Annexure 1a and 1b. The Ice lined Refrigerators (ILRs) storing vaccines are able to maintain the vaccine storage temperature for 24 hrs. with as little as 8 hrs. of intermittent power supplies. Refrigerator Mechanic/ Technicians are provided to State/UTs for maintenance and functioning of these cold chain equipment and they are also provided in service training for repair & maintenance of these equipment. In addition, the States/UTs are also provided financial support for cold chain maintenance. The State/UT wise details of fund provided are given in Annexure 2.
(c) & (d) Government has already provided 441 solar power operated refrigerators and vaccine coolers for the storage of vaccines to 22 States/UTs across the country. The details are as follows:
Andaman & Nicobar Islands-7, Arunachal Pradesh-80, Assam-62, Bihar-5, Chhatisgarh-21, Himachal Pradesh-5, Jammu and Kashmir-16, Ladakh-5, Jharkhand-6, Karnataka-2, Madhya Pradesh-24, Maharashtra-18, Manipur-30, Meghalaya-19, Mizoram-13, Nagaland-26, Odisha-26, Rajasthan-19, Sikkim-10, Tripura-11, Uttar Pradesh-17 and Uttarakhand-19.
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