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Lifecourse immunization and adaptation to changing needs of India’s universal immunization program: theory to practice

  • Pritu Dhalaria1
  • Pawan Kumar2
  • Sanjay Kapur3
  • Pretty Priyadarshini1
  • Ajeet Kumar Singh1
  • Paras Jain1
  • Bhupendra Tripathi4
  • Arindam Ray4
4 affiliations
  1. 1Immunization Technical Support Unit, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India
  2. 2Immunization Division, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India
  3. 3John Snow India
  4. 4Gates Foundation
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Abstract

The Expanded Program on Immunization, introduced in 1974, marks a pivotal milestone in public health and celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2024. Originally targeting childhood immunization, the program has expanded to include adolescents and adults, driven by the evolving epidemiology of vaccine-preventable diseases and age-related immunosenescence. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the vulnerabilities of older populations, reinforcing the need for a lifecourse approach (LCA) to immunization. The article explores the integration of LCA into global health systems, focusing on low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) and India. The article discusses the critical factors and policy-level efforts that India and countries with similar contexts need to consider in expanding immunization programs across the lifecourse.

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@article{dhalaria2026lifecourse,
  title = {{Lifecourse immunization and adaptation to changing needs of India’s universal immunization program: theory to practice}},
  author = {Pritu Dhalaria and Pawan Kumar and Sanjay Kapur and Pretty Priyadarshini and Ajeet Kumar Singh and Paras Jain and Bhupendra Tripathi and Arindam Ray},
  journal = {Frontiers in Public Health},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.3389/fpubh.2026.1938980},
  url = {https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1938980/full},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Lifecourse immunization and adaptation to changing needs of India’s universal immunization program: theory to practice
AU  - Pritu Dhalaria
AU  - Pawan Kumar
AU  - Sanjay Kapur
AU  - Pretty Priyadarshini
AU  - Ajeet Kumar Singh
AU  - Paras Jain
AU  - Bhupendra Tripathi
AU  - Arindam Ray
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/28
JO  - Frontiers in Public Health
DO  - 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1938980
UR  - https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1938980/full
AB  - The Expanded Program on Immunization, introduced in 1974, marks a pivotal milestone in public health and celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2024. Originally targeting childhood immunization, the program has expanded to include adolescents and adults, driven by the evolving epidemiology of vaccine-preventable diseases and age-related immunosenescence. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the vulnerabilities of older populations, reinforcing the need for a lifecourse approach (LCA) to immunization. The article explores the integration of LCA into global health systems, focusing on low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) and India. The article discusses the critical factors and policy-level efforts that India and countries with similar contexts need to consider in expanding immunization programs across the lifecourse.
SN  - 2296-2565
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