Are new costly vaccines needed in India?

Accepting the recommendations made by the National Technical Advisory Group of India (NTAGI), Prime Minister Narendra Modi last Thursday announced the introduction of four new vaccines as part of India’s Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP). These include vaccines against rotavirus, rubella and polio (injectable), along with an adult vaccine against Japanese encephalitis. According to an article …

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