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Pradeep Kumar

24/02/21 09:34 AM IST

Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 3.0

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Various States and UTs have started implementation of the Intensified Mission Indradhanush 3.0"

Aim
  • This campaign is aimed to reach those children and pregnant women who have been missed out or been left out of the Routine Immunisation Programme.
  • This is aimed to accelerate the full immunization of children and pregnant women through a mission mode intervention.
Mission Indadhanush
  • Mission Indradhanush (MI) was launched by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) on 25th December 2014 with the aim of expanding immunization coverage to all children across India.
  • Children across socio-economic, cultural and geographical spectrums in India, are being immunized under this program.
  • The initiative's mammoth task is being fulfilled with the support of an integrated and committed task-force, ensuring full immunisation coverage.
Objective
  • The Mission Indradhanush aims to cover all those children who are either unvaccinated, or are partially vaccinated against vaccine preventable diseases.
  • India’s Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP) provide free vaccines against 12 life threatening diseases, to 26 million children annually. 
  • The Universal Immunization Programme provides life-saving vaccines to all children across the country free of cost to protect them against Tuberculosis, Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus, Polio, Hepatitis B, Pneumonia and Meningitis due to Haemophilus Influenzae type b (Hib), Measles, Rubella,
  • Japanese Encephalitis (JE) and Rotavirus diarrhoea. (Rubella, JE and Rotavirus vaccine in select states and districts).
Source: PIB, The Hindu

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