High public demand and acceptance of newer vaccines in private sector immunisation in Vellore, South India: Implications for India's national immunisation program

Perceived community disease burden is reflected by public acceptance and demand of vaccines against vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs). In the absence of robust case-based surveillance data for most VPDs, public acceptance and demand could be considered a criterion for prioritization of 'new vaccines' to be included in routine immunisation schedules. Thus, vaccines against Hepatitis A, Typhoid, Varicella and Influenza can be considered favourably for inclusion into EPI in India.