Question : On which date Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dr Mansukh Mandaviya launched “Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 4.0” ?
a. 07 FEB 2022
b. 06 FEB 2022
c. 05 FEB 2022
d. 04 FEB 2022
Ans. a.
Related facts —
- Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dr Mansukh Mandaviya launched “Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 4.0” on February 07, 2022.
- It is notable that India is implementing the largest immunisation programme globally where we annually cover more than 3 crore pregnant women and 2.6 crore children through the Universal Immunisation Programme(UIP).
- Rounds —
- Intensified Mission Indradhanush 4.0 will have three rounds and will be conducted in 416 districts (including 75 districts identified for Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav) across 33 States/UTs in the country. In the first round (Feb-April 2022), 11 states will conduct IMI 4.0.
- First round (Feb-April 2022) — Assam, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tripura and Chhattisgarh.
- The others (22 states) will conduct the rounds from April to May 2022.
- Significance —
- Under Mission Indradhanush, all vaccines under UIP are provided as per National Immunization Schedule. Mission Indradhansuh was also identified as one of the flagship schemes under Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (16,850 villages across 541 districts) and Extended Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (48,929 villages across 112 aspirational districts).
- Three rounds of IMI 4.0 have been planned to catch up on the gaps that might have emerged due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The activity will be conducted in 416 districts across 33 states/UTs.
- These districts have been identified based on vaccination coverage as per the latest National Family Health Survey-5 report, Health Management Information System (HMIS) data and burden of vaccine preventable diseases.
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