CURRENT AFFAIRS

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: -The Intensified Mission Indradhanush 2.0 was launched in 2018. Its aims to immunize children under 2 years of age and pregnant women against eight vaccine-preventable diseases. It was a nationwide immunization drive to mark the 25 years of the Pulse polio programme (2019-20).

Detailed explanation-3: -Intensified Mission Indradhanush 2.0 aims to achieve at least 90% pan-India immunization coverage by 2022.

Detailed explanation-4: -The programme provides vaccination against eight life-threatening diseases (diphtheria, whooping cough, Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib) causing pneumonia and meningitis, tetanus, polio, tuberculosis, measles and hepatitis B) in the entire country.