{"id":21790,"date":"2017-02-09T11:50:25","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T11:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=21790"},"modified":"2017-02-09T11:50:25","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T11:50:25","slug":"measles-rubella-immunization-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/measles-rubella-immunization-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Measles and Rubella Immunization Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question: Recently Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched Measles Rubella (MR) vaccination campaign in the country, the campaign against these two diseases will cover how many children five States\/UTs?<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 2.5 Crore<br \/>\n(b) 3 Crore<br \/>\n(c) 3.5 Crore<br \/>\n(d) 3.6 Crore<br \/>\n<strong>Ans: (d)<br \/>\nRelated facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>On 5 February 2017; Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched Measles Rubella (MR) vaccination campaign in the country at a function in Bengaluru.<\/li>\n<li>The campaign against these two diseases will start from five States\/UTs (Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Goa and Lakshadweep) covering nearly 3.6 crore target children.<\/li>\n<li>Following the campaign, Measles-Rubella vaccine will be introduced in routine immunization.<\/li>\n<li>It will replace the currently given two doses of measles vaccine, at 9-12 months and 16-24 months of age.<\/li>\n<li>The MR campaign targets around 41 crore children across the country, the largest ever in any campaign.<\/li>\n<li>All children aged between 9 months and less than 15 years will be given a single shot of Measles-Rubella (MR) vaccination irrespective of their previous measles\/rubella vaccination status or measles\/rubella disease status.<\/li>\n<li>MR vaccine will be provided free- of- cost across the states from session sites at schools as well as health facilities and outreach session sites.<\/li>\n<li>Measles is a deadly disease and one of the important causes of death in children. It is highly contagious and spreads through coughing and sneezing of an infected person.<\/li>\n<li>Rubella is generally a mild infection, but has serious consequences if infection occurs in pregnant women, causing congenital rubella syndrome (CRS), which is a cause of public health concern.<\/li>\n<li>In 2010, an estimated 1,03,000 children were born with CRS (congenital rubella syndrome) globally, of which around 47,000 children.<\/li>\n<li>Globally, in 2015, measles killed an estimated 1, 34,200 children\u2014mostly under-5 years. In India, it killed an estimated 49,200 children.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Reference:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pib.nic.in\/newsite\/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158067\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/pib.nic.in\/newsite\/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158067<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Recently Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched Measles Rubella (MR) vaccination campaign in the country, the campaign against these two diseases will cover how many children five States\/UTs? (a) 2.5 Crore (b) 3 Crore (c) 3.5 Crore (d) 3.6 Crore Ans: (d) Related facts: On 5 February 2017; Ministry of Health and Family [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":21741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1143],"tags":[2497],"class_list":["post-21790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pp","tag-planning-project-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}