India faces severe shortage of essential vaccines, says CSE report

India is the largest supplier of vaccines to the world – accounting for about 60 per cent of the total supply and generating business worth more than Rs 1,900 crore. Yet its domestic market of vaccines stands completely crippled, endangering the health and future of millions of its children, especially newborns.Thanks to a move by the Union health ministry, the country is reeling from a debilitating shortage of vaccines, which has severely affected its universal immunization programme, says a recent report in Down To Earth (DTE), a fortnightly magazine that Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) helps publish.