Intensified Mission Indradhanush 5.0
Source: PIB
GS II: Health
Overview
- News in Brief
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Why in the News?
Intensified Mission Indradhanush 5.0 (IMI 5.0) campaign with special focus on improvement of Measles and Rubella vaccination coverage, will conclude all three rounds on 14 October 2023
News in Brief
- As on 30th September 2023, over 34,69,705 children and 6,55,480 pregnant women were administered vaccine doses during the first 2 rounds of IMI 5.0 campaign across the country.
- A National Workshop on IMI 5.0 was conducted by on 23rd June 2023 at National Capital to orient all States/UTs about the campaign.
- Operational Guidelines along with Communication Strategy was shared with all States/ UTs.
- Since 2014, 11 phases of Mission Indradhanush have been completed across the country.
- The 12th phase is currently ongoing.
- A total of 5.06 crore children and 1.25 crore pregnant women have been cumulatively vaccinated to date under the campaign.
Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI 5.0)
- Flagship routine immunization campaign of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will conclude all 3 rounds on 14th October 2023.
- IMI 5.0 ensures that routine immunization services reach the missed-out and dropped out children and pregnant women across the country.
- This year, for the first time the campaign is being conducted across all the districts in the country and includes children up to 5 years of age (Previous campaigns included children up to 2 years of age).
- IMI 5.0 campaign aims to enhance immunization coverage for all vaccines provided under the Universal Immunization Programme (UIP) as per the National Immunization Schedule (NIS).
- Special focus is on improvement of Measles and Rubella vaccination coverage with the aim of Measles & Rubella elimination by 2023 and use of U-WIN digital platform for Routine Immunization in pilot mode across all districts in the country.
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