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2023

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Mission indradhanush started with the intention of ____
A
Immunization
B
Immunization of kids
C
Immunization of teens
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Mission Indradhanush (MI) was launched in December 2014 and aims at increasing the full immunization coverage to children to 90%.

Detailed explanation-3: -The main objective of Mission Indradhanush is to ensure high coverage of children and pregnant women with all available vaccines throughout the country, with emphasis on the identified 216 high focus districts during phase III.

Detailed explanation-4: -It aims to immunise all children under the age of 2 years, as well as all pregnant women, against seven vaccine preventable diseases(like 7 colors of a rainbow/indradhanush). The diseases being targeted are diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, poliomyelitis, tuberculosis, measles, meningitis and Hepatitis B.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.

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