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10 Mar 2022 Mission Indradhanush

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Apart from successful COVID-19 vaccination, Odisha has the highest coverage of complete immunization in the country with 90.5% coverage.

According to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-5, Odisha tops the list nationally in complete immunization coverage, with 90.5% coverage.
During the review meeting on Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 4.0, which was launched across the state on March 7, Additional Chief Secretary, Health, R.K. Sharma mentioned this.
Twenty districts of Odisha were above 90 per cent in complete immunization, while the remaining 10 districts were below 90 per cent.

Complete immunization includes preventive doses against 12 different types of diseases. The disease includes tuberculosis, polio, diphtheria, jaundice, tetanus, whooping cough, meningitis, HIV, measles, pneumonia, diarrhea, rubella, Japanese fever, and others.

The vaccination campaign under IMI will be conducted in three rounds, with different doses of different vaccines in each round. Unvaccinated or partially vaccinated pregnant women as well as children below two years of age will be targeted first.
Immunization will take place in three rounds, the first one will start from March 7, the second from April 4 and the third from May 2 this year, with each round lasting for seven days.

Mission Indradhanush is a healthcare initiative of the Government of India. It was first launched on December 25, 2014. The scheme seeks to achieve 90% full immunization coverage in India and maintain it till the year 2022.
Vaccination against whooping cough, diphtheria, polio, tetanus, severe forms of childhood tuberculosis, measles, and pneumonia and meningitis caused by hepatitis B and Haemophilus influenzae type b is being provided as well in selected states and districts Vaccination is also being done against Japanese encephalitis and rotavirus diarrhea.

In order to further accelerate the vaccination program, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) in October 2017. The government hopes to reach every child under the age of two, as well as all pregnant women left out of the routine immunization programme.
The target of this special campaign was to boost vaccination coverage in some districts and cities with a target of reaching 90% coverage by December 2018 instead of 2020.

Intensive Mission Indradhanush 2.0 was launched in December, 2019 to reach out to the unreached with all available vaccines and to accelerate the coverage of children and pregnant women in specified blocks as well as districts from 2019 December to 2020 March.
It also aims to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal of reducing avoidable deaths of children by 2030.

Intensive Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 3.0 scheme was implemented to cover children and pregnant women who have missed out on routine vaccination due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Intensive Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 4.0 was recently launched by the Ministry of Health.
Ensure that non-vaccinated and partially vaccinated children as well as pregnant women receive regular immunization services. Children up to two years of age will be covered under this campaign.