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The Immunization Technical Support Unit was established by the Government of India to ensure that every child and mother in India gets the immunization they need. ITSU is a collaborative effort between the Government of India, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, and the Public Health Foundation of India. ITSU also receives funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.TRANSCRIPT
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ITSUFulfilling Immunization Needs
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The Immunization Technical Support Unit was established by the Government of India to ensure that every child and mother in India gets the immunization they need. ITSU is a collaborative effort between the Government of India, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, and the Public Health Foundation of India. ITSU also receives funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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ITSU aims to help achieve the goal set by the Government of India when it announced the year 2012 to be that of increasing the reach of routine immunizations. The Multi-Year Strategic Plan for Immunization, set by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, also aims to be implemented by ITSU.
ITSU works in all the states of India, ensuring that there is greater public awareness and increased receptivity to immunizations among both the rural and urban populace. It engages in increased social involvement through social media and community action.
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ITSU supports the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization by deriving models and support from other countries who have been successful in implementing immunization programs.
Supply ITSU promotes more efficient chain and logistics for delivery of vaccines across India.
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ITSU has helped improve the Mother and Child tracking system which further helps to improve the efficiency of the immunization program in India, ensuring that all mothers and children are adequately covered through the program.Mission Indradhanush was launched under ITSU in 2015. This was to ensure immunization of pregnant women and children under the age of two years for a total of seven preventable diseases.
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The cMYP 2013-2017 was developed by ITSU to build a more comprehensive tracking framework to analyze the reach of the program. Through this, the quality and coverage of the program was further enhanced.ITSU conducted a Deep Dive exercise, under the aegis of the Vaccine Logistics and Cold Chain Management Unit. This study was conducted in three different states of India and helped to identify, analyze, and eliminate blockages in the vaccine supply chain and logistics. This data helped to make the supply chain process much faster in all the states of India.
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Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network, or eVin, was designed to solve the challenges that were identified in the Deep Dive exercise. This was implemented in both the state and national levels. It has helped to shorten the duration of stock to just one day from the previous four days.
ITSU assessed and reviewed the solar vaccine refrigerators set up by the government and made recommendations to scale up and design more in the future.
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Contact UsImmunization Technical Support Unit (ITSU)14, Community Centre, Panchsheel ParkNew Delhi- 110017, IndiaWebsite: https://www.itsu.org.inThanksITSU ORG.91-11-41213100