CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Abhishek Mishra. Explanation: The Odisha state has secured the first position in Mission Indradhanush.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mission Indradhanush (MI) was launched by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) on 25th December 2014 with the aim of expanding immunization coverage to all children across India.

Detailed explanation-3: -The correct answer is Children Vaccination. The mission Inradhanush aims to cover all those children by 2020 who are either unvaccinated or are partially vaccinated against vaccine-preventable diseases.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hepatitis B. In addition to all these diseases, vaccines for Japanese encephalitis and Haemophilus influenzae type B are also being provided in selected states.

Detailed explanation-5: -2.1 What is Mission Indradhanush? The MoHFW, GoI, launched Mission Indradhanush in December 2014 as a special drive to vaccinate all unvaccinated and partially vaccinated children under UIP.