Intensified Mission Indra Dhanush 4.0 Flashcards
WHY IN NEWS?
, Intensified Mission Indradhanush 4.0 has been planned to reach out to unvaccinated and partially vaccinated children and pregnant women. The MoHFW has utilized the data and applied multi-variant analysis for selection of the areas for IMI-4.0 in 2022
India is implementing the largest immunisation programme globally where we annually cover more than three crore pregnant women and 2.6 crore children thro ..
crore children through the Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP).” Dr Mansukh Mandaviya
ABOUT
In December 2014, India launched Mission Indradhanush, flagship programme with the aim to improve Routine Immunization coverage.
The mission has shown a positive impact on immunization coverage. A post IMI Coverage Evaluation Survey (CES) conducted in 2018 showed an increase in immunization coverage by 18.5 percentage points. But the achievements made in the past were offset by the COVID-19 pandemic.
As the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted essential immunization services due to multiple reasons, the possibility of un/partially vaccinated children being exposed to the risk of vaccine-preventable diseases is very high. As the poorly vaccinated cohort increase in an area/pocket, there is a high risk of disease outbreaks.
Thus, to catch up on gaps that might have emerged due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Intensified Mission Indradhanush 4.0 has been planned to reach out to unvaccinated and partially vaccinated children and pregnant women.
The MoHFW has utilized the data and applied multi-variant analysis for selection of the areas for IMI-4.0 in 2022.
The data and information across the country was subjected to ranking through weighted scoring mechanism. Based on broad data range of score and districts recommended by states for IMI, the MoHFW prioritized 378 districts to implement IMI- 4.0 in 2022.
The IMI 4.0 would be also conducted in the 75 districts under the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. Out of these 75 districts, 37 districts are already included in the 378 identified IMI districts, and 38 districts are exclusive for Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.
Thus, the total number of districts for IMI activity is 416.
Total rounds: 3
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Odisha has become the only state in the country to achieve 90.5% of immunization apart from the successful vaccination against Covid-19 infection under Mission Indradhanush 4.0.
The Health Minister virtually launched the IMI 4.0 portal and released the “Operational Guidelines for IMI 4.0 – “Strengthening Immunisation in Urban Areas-A framework for Action” – a handbook for “Mahila Arogya Samiti on Urban Immunisation” and awareness material developed as part of the campaign.
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, it said, adding the activity will be conducted in 416 districts across 33 States and UTs, the statement said.
In the first round (Feb-April 2022), 11 states will conduct IMI 4.0. These are 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. These states/UTs include Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha, Bihar, Puducherry, Delhi, Punjab, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Telangana, Jharkhand, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, A & N Islands.
to further intensify the immunisation programme, PM Narendra Modi launched the Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) on 8 October 2017.
UIP
Expanded Programme on Immunization was launched in 1978. It was renamed as Universal Immunization Programme in 1985 when its reach was expanded beyond urban areas. In 1992, it became part of Child Survival and Safe Motherhood Programme and in 1997 it was included in the ambit of National Reproductive and Child Health Programme. Since the launch of National Rural Health Mission in 2005, Universal ImmunizationProgramme has always been an integral part of it.
Universal Immunization Programme (UIP) is one of the largest public health programmes targeting close of 2.67 crore new-borns and 2.9 crore pregnant women annually.
Under UIP, immunization is providing free of cost against 12 vaccine preventable diseases: Nationally against 9 diseases: Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus, Polio, Measles, Rubella, severe form of Childhood Tuberculosis, Hepatitis B and Meningitis & Pneumonia caused by Hemophilus Influenza type B
Sub-nationally against 3 diseases: Rotavirus diarrhoea, Pneumococcal Pneumonia and Japanese Encephalitis;
