About Mission Indradhanush
>Launched Mission Indradhanushon 25 December, 2014 as a special nationwide initiative to vaccinate all unvaccinated and partially vaccinated children under the Universal Immunization Programme and sustain it by health system strengthening by 2020.
>UNDER Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India
>The Mission focuses on interventions to expand full immunization coverage in India from 65% in 2014 to at least 90% children in the next five years. This will be done through special catch-up campaigns to rapidly increase full immunization coverage of children by 5% and more annually.
>The programme provides immunization against seven life-threatening diseases (diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, polio, tuberculosis, measles and hepatitis B) in the entire country. In addition, vaccination against Heamophilus influenza type B and Japanese Encephalitis is provided in select districts/states.
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