Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya today
launched the Intensified Mission Indradhanush 4.0 in New Delhi to
protect children and pregnant women from severe diseases. It is a
special drive to ensure full immunization coverage in the country.
Talking to reporters, Dr Mandaviya said, this Mission will give impetus
to the vaccination coverage. He said, as of now the immunization
coverage among children have increased to over 76 percent.
AIR correspondent reports that the goal of Mission Indradhanush is to
ensure full immunization for children and pregnant women. Mission
Indradhanush was launched in December 2014 as a special drive to expand
immunization coverage in the country.
416 districts across thirty-three states will be covered under the
Mission Indradhanush 4.0. This mission will be focussed on those
districts where the vaccination coverage is comparatively lower. It will
be run in two phases.
The first phase will be from February to April in 12 states and the
second phase will be from March to May this year. Under the Mission
Indradhanush 4.0, 12 vaccines will be administered to the children
.
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