‘Six-in-one vaccine may boost immunisation programme’
A Union Health Ministry study assessed whether introducing a hexavalent (six-in-one) vaccine into India’s Universal Immunisation Programme can improve immunisation delivery efficiency.
India’s Union Health Ministry, working with partners including George Institute for Global Health India, the Gates Foundation, Gavi, and John Snow India, assessed the impact of introducing a hexavalent (six-in-one) vaccine into India’s Universal Immunisation Programme. The assessment focuses on how a combined vaccine could affect routine immunisation delivery outcomes like staff workload, time spent at vaccination sessions, and logistics needs.
Hexavalent (six-in-one) vaccine: what protection it covers
The hexavalent vaccine formulation combines protection against six diseases in a single injection. The diseases covered in the assessment are:
