Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) has launched Mission Indradhanush on 25 December, 2014. Lets Know about it.
- The aim is to expand immunization coverage to all children across INDIA by year 2020.
- Objective is also to expand immunization coverage in INDIA to at least 90% children in next Five Years.
- Mission IndraDhanush's main focus is on controlling of 7 diseases which include Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Tetanus, Polio, Tuberculosis, Measles and Hepatitis B.
- The government has planned to conduct four special vaccination campaigns between January and June 2015.
- All vaccines are available free of cost under Universal Immunization Program in INDIA.
- Officially, the mission would be implemented in 8 Districts in Assam, 6 District in Nagaland, 5 Districts in Arunachal Pradesh, 4 Each in Manipur and Mizoram and 3 each in Tripura and Meghalaya.
- In 2015, government intends to cover 201 high focus districts
- 82 Districts lie in just four states of India namely - Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
