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12/03/22 13:57 PM IST

Odisha tops list of full immunisation with 90.5% coverage

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  • Odisha has become the only state in the country to achieve 90.5% of immunization apart from the successful vaccination against Covid-19 infection under Mission Indradhanush 4.0.
  • In a step towards preventive health care for mothers and children, the intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 4.0 has been rolled out in the state from March 7 for boosting full immunization coverage of the targeted women and children.
Details 
  • As per the reports of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-5, Odisha topped the list at the national level in full immunization coverage with 90.5% of full immunization.
  • Twenty districts of the state were above 90% in full immunization, and 10 districts were below 90%.
  • Generally, full immunisation includes preventive doses against 12 different kinds of diseases including polio, tuberculosis, jaundice, diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, HIV, brain fever, pneumonia, measles, rubella, diarrhea, Japanese fever, and others.
About Mission Indradhanush 
  • The Government of India’s Mission Indradhanush is a healthcare initiative. It was first launched on December 25, 2014.
  • This scheme seeks to achieve 90 percent full immunization coverage in India and also sustain it by the year 2022.
  • Vaccination is being provided against Whooping Cough, Diphtheria, Polio, Tetanus, severe form of Childhood Tuberculosis, Measles, and Hepatitis B and pneumonia & meningitis caused by Haemophilus influenza type B and also against Japanese Encephalitis and Rotavirus Diarrhea in selected states and districts of the nation.
Source- Livemint 

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