CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -It despatched over 30, 000 doses of measles and rubella (MR) vaccine to the island nation.

Detailed explanation-2: -Routine vaccination: Administer the primary dose of MMR vaccine at age 9 to 12 months, the second dose at age 15 through 18 months, and final (the 3rd) dose at age 4 through 6 years.

Detailed explanation-3: -Children in India receive their first dose of the measles vaccine when they are 9–12 months old and a second dose at 15–18 months.

Detailed explanation-4: -Children should get two doses of MMR vaccine, starting with the first dose at 12 to 15 months of age, and the second dose at 4 through 6 years of age. Teens and adults should also be up to date on their MMR vaccination. Two MMR vaccines are available for use in the United States, M-M-R II and PRIORIX.

Detailed explanation-5: -The same vaccine is being given in routine immunisation programme of India and in many neighbouring countries like Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Myanmar. Private practitioners in India have been giving measles-rubella (MR) or measles-mumps- rubella (MMR) vaccine to the children for many years.