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VACCINE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD

he Bri sh Rulers of India were concerned about tropical diseases like plague, leprosy, cholera and malaria. Series of

bacteriological laboratories and Pasteur Ins tutes were set-up across India. The first Pasteur Ins tute was established

Tin Kasauli in 1900 and subsequently in Coonoor (1907) and Shillong (1915). The Pasteur Ins tute, Coonoor began
opera ons on April 6, 1907 and on April 25, 1907, Sir Arthur Lawley, Governor of Madras, officially opened the ins tute.

By 1930, there were 15 vaccine institutes in India.

India had four vaccina ons for cholera, smallpox, plague, and typhoid in the early twen eth century. Pasteur Ins tute of India,

Conoor, one of India’s pioneering facili es in the development of An Rabies Vaccine (dog bite vaccine) and DPT vaccine (triple

an gen against diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus) is today also leading supplier for the Government of India’s Universal
BCG Ins tute
Immuniza on Programme. Similarly, since September 2019, CRI Kasauli is also supplying DTP vaccine to UIP from new cGMP
facility.

Indigenous manufacturing of affordable The elimination of T.B. was high on the agenda of Indian Government and the BCG Vaccine

vaccines helped India successfully eradicate Laboratory was founded in Madras (now called Chennai) in 1948. It is still operational and

Polio & Smallpox etc.
during 2021-22 supplied 270 lakh doses of BCG vaccine.

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