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• India’s Universal Immunization Programme (UIP) is one of the largest public health programs in the world under which vaccination is being provided free of cost to all pregnant women & children. 
• Vaccination can be availed against 12 vaccine preventable diseases: nationally against 11 diseases- Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus, Polio, Measles, Rubella, severe form of childhood Tuberculosis, Rotavirus Diarrhoea, Hepatitis B, Meningitis & Pneumonia caused by Hemophilus Influenza Type B and Pneumococcal Pneumonia and sub-nationally against 1 Disease – Japanese Encephalitis (JE vaccine is provided only in endemic districts). 
• U-WIN platform captures each & every vaccination event of all pregnant women & children under Universal Immunization Programme (UIP).
• It is one of the important steps towards halving the number of zero-dose children by 2030.