‘Intensified Mission Indradhanush 5.0’ immunisation drive in Udupi district between August 7 and October 14
1 year, 7 months ago

‘Intensified Mission Indradhanush 5.0’ immunisation drive in Udupi district between August 7 and October 14

The Hindu  

The Intensified Mission Indradhanush 5.0 of immunising children and pregnant women against vaccine-preventable diseases will be conducted in Udupi district in three phases between August 7 and October 14, according to the Deputy Commissioner of Udupi K. Vidyakumari. Addressing presspersons in Udupi on Friday, she said the first phase would be from August 7 to 12, the second phase would be between September 11 and 16 and the doses in the third phase would be given from October 9 to 14. As many as 3,188 children aged below two, 16 children in the age group between two and five, and 708 pregnant women would be immunised at 294 vaccination centres, she said. Ms. Vidyakumari said that 14 cases of measles and four cases of rubella were reported in the district so far this year.

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Gujarat leads national vaccination day with 95.95% SDG-3 score
1 week, 5 days ago

Gujarat leads national vaccination day with 95.95% SDG-3 score

New Indian Express  

AHMEDABAD: On National Vaccination Day, Gujarat shines with a 95.95% score in the SDG 3 Index, surpassing the national average of 93.23%. Gujarat has surged past the national average of 93.23% in the SDG-3 Index, achieving 95.95% vaccination coverage under the Universal Immunisation Program through Mission Indradhanush. This success stems from the state government’s strategic push to extend vaccination services …

Asha workers to identify 1 million children for MMR vaccination, special campaigns soon
2 months ago

Asha workers to identify 1 million children for MMR vaccination, special campaigns soon

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The campaign to eliminate mumps, measles and rubella is set to scaled up by identifying children who are yet to be vaccinated for MMR by 2026. On Wednesday, Mint reported that the Union cabinet highlighted the achievements of the National Health Mission and indicated that the vaccination coverage is 97% at around 347.7 million children. In India, MMR …

Reports claiming 11 lakh children missed first measles vaccine in 2022 'inaccurate': Health Ministry
1 year, 4 months ago

Reports claiming 11 lakh children missed first measles vaccine in 2022 'inaccurate': Health Ministry

The Hindu  

Media reports claiming that an estimated 11 lakh children in India missed their first measles vaccine dose in 2022 are "ill-informed and inaccurate," the Union Ministry of Health Family Welfare said on November 18. There have been some media reports alleging that an estimated 11 lakh children in India missed their first measles vaccine dose in 2022, according to a …

Intensified Mission Indradhanush 5.0 reaches children up to five years for the first time
1 year, 5 months ago

Intensified Mission Indradhanush 5.0 reaches children up to five years for the first time

The Hindu  

Aimed at ensuring that routine immunisation services reach children who have missed vaccine doses or who have dropped out of their vaccination schedule, as well as pregnant women across the country, the Intensified Mission Indradhanush is scheduled to conclude all three rounds on October 14. “Preparedness assessment for IMI 5.0 was conducted by national monitors between 19-23 July this year …

5,158 children, 1,036 pregnant women identified for vaccination during second round of Intensified Mission Indradhanush 5.0 in Dakshina Kannada
1 year, 6 months ago

5,158 children, 1,036 pregnant women identified for vaccination during second round of Intensified Mission Indradhanush 5.0 in Dakshina Kannada

The Hindu  

The Department of Health and Family Welfare has identified 5,158 children aged within five years and 1,036 pregnant women for vaccination in the second round of Intensified Mission Indradhanush 5.0 in Dakshina Kannada for six days from Monday. Dr. Rajesh said that 857 children and 333 pregnant people had been identified for vaccination under Mangaluru City Corporation limits in the …

Good response to Indradhanush 5.0 vaccination drive in Kerala
1 year, 7 months ago

Good response to Indradhanush 5.0 vaccination drive in Kerala

The Hindu  

In the first phase of Intensified Mission Indradhanush 5.0, over 75% children and over 98% pregnant women in the target group were vaccinated, an official release issued by the Health department on Thursday said. According to the department’s estimates, there were 18,744 pregnant women and 1,16,589 children below five years who were either unimmunised or were partially immunised. Under IMI …

72,760 children and 14,180 pregnant women identified for immunisation in a survey in T.N.
1 year, 7 months ago

72,760 children and 14,180 pregnant women identified for immunisation in a survey in T.N.

The Hindu  

A door-to-door survey carried out across the State from July 15 to 31 identified 72,760 children aged below five and 14,180 pregnant women, who either missed vaccine doses or were nearing their due date, for vaccination in the State. Every year, about 10 lakh pregnant women and 9.16 lakh newborns are covered under the immunisation programme in the State. Under …

12,652 children, 2,635 pregnant women to be vaccinated in Kalaburagi district under Mission Indradhanush 5.0
1 year, 7 months ago

12,652 children, 2,635 pregnant women to be vaccinated in Kalaburagi district under Mission Indradhanush 5.0

The Hindu  

Kalaburagi Deputy Commissioner Fauzia Tarannum has appealed to all mothers not to believe in hearsy and myths associated with vaccination under Intensified Mission Indradhanush 5.0, a campaign to vaccinate children and pregnant women across the State. She was addressing a gathering after launching Mission Indradhanush 5.0 vaccination campaign organised by the district administration, the Zilla Panchayat and the District Health …

Raichur DC appeals to public to get vaccinated under Indradhanush 5.0
1 year, 7 months ago

Raichur DC appeals to public to get vaccinated under Indradhanush 5.0

The Hindu  

Deputy Commissioner of Raichur L. Chandrashekhar Nayak has asked officials to ensure that the Indradhanush 5.0 vaccination drive, which is meant to vaccinate children below five years and pregnant women against measles and rubella, was carried out effectively. Chairing the task force committee meeting in Raichur on Friday, he also appealed to the public to get children below five years …

Delhi now has full MR vaccine coverage, say officials
2 years ago

Delhi now has full MR vaccine coverage, say officials

Hindustan Times  

Delhi on Thursday achieved 100% coverage for measles and rubella vaccination among children in the age cohort of nine months to five years, senior officials aware of the matter said on Friday. The Delhi government started a month-long MR vaccination drive for children on February 6. However, officials added that the government will continue the sweeping drives till March 29 …

Haryana Govt Launches Campaign to Stop Transmission of Measles
2 years, 1 month ago

Haryana Govt Launches Campaign to Stop Transmission of Measles

News 18  

Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij said that to stop the transmission of measles, the state government is carrying out Measles Rubella catch-up campaign in Nuh and Palwal districts. He said that the MR catch-up campaign has been launched in Nuh and Palwal on Monday and total 4,72,250 children will be provided additional dose of MR during the campaign. Vij said …

Explained | India’s plan to eradicate measles, rubella
2 years, 2 months ago

Explained | India’s plan to eradicate measles, rubella

The Hindu  

The story so far: As the new year dawned, so did a crucial target for India. Dr. Jacob John, noted virologist who heads the India Experts Advisory Group for eliminating MR, equates it to a phenomenon similar to COVID-19 infections catching up in China end of last year, since they had ‘escaped the previous waves of infection.’ “It is a …

Unnao Measles Outbreak: 3 Children Suffer Untimely Death, 35 Others Down With Fever, Rashes
2 years, 2 months ago

Unnao Measles Outbreak: 3 Children Suffer Untimely Death, 35 Others Down With Fever, Rashes

News 18  

In a tragic turn of events, three children of a family suffered an untimely death due to measles within a span of three weeks in Unnao’s Danigarhi village. As per a report by Hindustan Times, 35 children of the same village have also developed rashes and fever. The deaths due to measles were confirmed by Unnao’s chief medical officer Satya …

Measles outbreak in Unnao village kills 3 kids of a family, 35 others ill
2 years, 2 months ago

Measles outbreak in Unnao village kills 3 kids of a family, 35 others ill

Hindustan Times  

KANPUR Three unvaccinated kids of a family have lost their lives to measles within a span of just three weeks in Unnao’s Danigarhi village. Doctors faced stiff resistance from the villagers during the vaccination drive In view of the outbreak, the district health department has launched a vaccination drive to inoculate kids against measles despite resistance from locals. Our teams …

Measles Surge: Country on Alert to Manage Post-Pandemic Crisis
2 years, 3 months ago

Measles Surge: Country on Alert to Manage Post-Pandemic Crisis

News 18  

The recent spurt in measles cases has emerged as a subject of concern for India, which made remarkable progress in its elimination between 2017 and 2020. The country has adopted the National Strategic Plan for Achieving and Sustaining Measles and Rubella Elimination and has vaccinated over 324 million children between 2017 and 2020 through the MR vaccination campaign. And despite …

Measles Outbreak: Mumbai's Toll Reaches 12; Centre Issues Advisory, Rushes Teams to 3 States
2 years, 4 months ago

Measles Outbreak: Mumbai's Toll Reaches 12; Centre Issues Advisory, Rushes Teams to 3 States

News 18  

Sounding an alarm over measles outbreak, Centre has rushed teams to Ranchi, Ahmedabad and Malappuram to investigate and assist in management of rising trend of cases and also asked states to consider administering one additional dose of Measles and Rubella vaccines to all children, aged 9 months to 5 years, in vulnerable areas. “It is also clear that in all …

Administer One Additional Dose of Measles, Rubella Vaccines to Children in Vulnerable Areas: Centre to States
2 years, 4 months ago

Administer One Additional Dose of Measles, Rubella Vaccines to Children in Vulnerable Areas: Centre to States

News 18  

Amid an increase in the number of measles cases, the Centre has asked states to consider administering one additional dose of Measles and Rubella vaccines to all children, aged 9 months to 5 years, in vulnerable areas. "It is also clear that in all such geographies, the affected children were predominantly unvaccinated and the average coverage of Measles and Rubella …

3 infants die after measles-rubella shots in Belagavi, Karnataka CM Bommai seeks report
3 years, 2 months ago

3 infants die after measles-rubella shots in Belagavi, Karnataka CM Bommai seeks report

India Today  

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has sought a comprehensive investigation report on the case related to the death of three children in the limits of Salahalli Primary Health Centre in Ramdurg taluk of Karnataka’s Belagavi district. Three infants in two villages in the district died on Monday, January 17, after they were given a dose of the measles-rubella vaccine. More than …

Measles Vaccination Day: What you should know about MR, anti-vaxxer trend in India
6 years ago

Measles Vaccination Day: What you should know about MR, anti-vaxxer trend in India

Firstpost  

After eliminating diseases like Polio, maternal and neonatal tetanus, smallpox and yaws in the past, India was all set to counter measles and include it in the eradication list. For this, India and 10 other countries in the WHO South-East Asia Region took a determined initiative to obliterate measles and constraint rubella/congenital rubella syndrome by 2020. However, within a year …

Health check: Diseases strike back hard as vaccines are ignored
6 years, 1 month ago

Health check: Diseases strike back hard as vaccines are ignored

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Ignoring a vaccine can lead to re-emergence of the disease and while vaccines for measles, mumps and rubella are recommended worldwide there have been instances of people not opting for vaccination. Often it has been found that in the first dose, immunity is 70 per cent, second dose increases immunity by another 10 per cent and after the third …

Quelling rumours to immunise children in Mewat
6 years, 3 months ago

Quelling rumours to immunise children in Mewat

Hindustan Times  

When 26-year-old Shehnaz, an accredited social health activist in Pinangwan in Puhana tehsil of Mewat, knocked from door to door, asking residents to let her vaccinate their children last year, she was greeted with nothing but closed doors. Around March 2017, rumours that the government’s immunisation campaigns are a conspiracy to make children sterile spread like wildlife in the region …

Maharashtra govt to launch six-week vaccination campaign against measles, rubella diseases starting today
6 years, 4 months ago

Maharashtra govt to launch six-week vaccination campaign against measles, rubella diseases starting today

Firstpost  

Mumbai: A six-week Measles-Rubella vaccination drive for children between the ages of nine months and 15 years will begin Tuesday in Maharashtra, state Health Minister Deepak Sawant said. Mumbai: A six-week measles-rubella vaccination drive for children between the ages of nine months and 15 years will begin Tuesday in Maharashtra, state Health Minister Deepak Sawant said. He informed that 3.38 …

31 measles outbreaks in city; BMC to start vaccination drive
6 years, 4 months ago

31 measles outbreaks in city; BMC to start vaccination drive

Hindustan Times  

The civic body has recorded 31 outbreaks of measles this year. India accounts for 37% of global measles death, it also has the second highest population of children across the globe that has not been vaccinated against measles. Dr Padmaja Keskar, BMC’S city health officer said many cases of childhood abnormalities are a result of rubella infection. Dr Tanu Singhal, …

Mumbai sees 31 outbreaks of measles, BMC to start vaccination drive
6 years, 4 months ago

Mumbai sees 31 outbreaks of measles, BMC to start vaccination drive

Hindustan Times  

The civic body has recorded 31 outbreaks of measles this year. The World Health Organisation defines an outbreak as at least five cases reported from an area. Dr Padmaja Keskar, BMC’S city health officer said many cases of childhood abnormalities are a result of rubella infection. “The cases are scattered across the city, but many private practitioners don’t report them …

Delhi: AAP government planning measles-rubella vaccination campaign in schools
6 years, 4 months ago

Delhi: AAP government planning measles-rubella vaccination campaign in schools

India TV News  

The Delhi government is planning to conduct a vaccination campaign in its schools in January to eliminate measles and control rubella. The measles-rubella vaccination campaign will be conducted within a period of three to four weeks starting from January 16, 2019. "All children aged nine months to less than 15 years will be provided with an additional dose of MR …

Measles Rubella vaccines to administer over 3.85 lakh children across Jammu
6 years, 6 months ago

Measles Rubella vaccines to administer over 3.85 lakh children across Jammu

Firstpost  

The Measles-Rubella Vaccination campaign was launched across Jammu district on 24 September to administer vaccines to over 3.85 lakh children falling in the 9 months to 15 years age group. In Jammu district, vaccination will be given to over 3.85 lakh children, including 1.13 lakh in urban and 2.72 lakh in rural areas. Around 2.89 lakh children in the targeted …

Four deaths reported after Measles Rubella vaccination in Guj
6 years, 7 months ago

Four deaths reported after Measles Rubella vaccination in Guj

The Quint  

Gandhinagar, July 28 Gujarat health officials on Saturday said they have received reports about four children dying after they were given measles rubella vaccination. The cases of these deaths were reported after the victims underwent the vaccination carried out by the state government under a drive to eradicate measles and rubella in the nation. After the reports of four deaths, …

MR vaccination drive: Malappuram busts myths
7 years, 5 months ago

MR vaccination drive: Malappuram busts myths

Deccan Chronicle  

KOZHIKODE: Malappuram, a vaccination-resistant pocket, is leaping ahead in the measles rubella vaccination drive with 1,02,310 children taking dosage in six days up to October 8. "It has been a smooth sailing," says Dr R. Renuka, Malappuram nodal officer of the vaccination drive. "Despite the false propaganda and distortion of even court verdict, it is heartening to see the rising …

Malappuram: For this DMO, Measles Rubella drive begins at home, literally
7 years, 5 months ago

Malappuram: For this DMO, Measles Rubella drive begins at home, literally

Deccan Chronicle  

Malappuram: A deputy district medical officer in Malappuram has found an exemplary way to convince the public on the importance of the Measles-Rubella vaccination for children. In an effort to convey the message of safety of the vaccination amid strong resistance and anti vaccination campaign through WhatsApp, Dr. A. Shibulal, the deputy DMO, has brought forward his own children by …

Seven lakh children to be vaccinated in Kozhikode
7 years, 5 months ago

Seven lakh children to be vaccinated in Kozhikode

Deccan Chronicle  

KOZHIKODE: Seven lakh-odd children in the age group of 9 month to 15 years in the district will be administered measles rubella vaccination as the campaign gets underway from October 3 to 24. All the children who had taken other vaccines must take MR dosage,” said District medical officer Dr. V. Jayashree. According to Dr R. Sreenath, surveillance medical officer …

Govt launches Measles-rubella vaccination campaign across India, 3.3 cr children covered
7 years, 7 months ago

Govt launches Measles-rubella vaccination campaign across India, 3.3 cr children covered

Firstpost  

Government has launched the Measles-Rubella vaccination campaign in a phased manner for across the country to reduce measles morbidity and mortality, New Delhi: The government has launched the Measles-Rubella vaccination campaign in a phased manner for across the country to reduce measles morbidity and mortality, the Lok Sabha was informed on Friday. Health minister J P Nadda said the MR …

Mission Indradhanush: Govt identifies 254 districts across 28 states for immunisation programme
7 years, 11 months ago

Mission Indradhanush: Govt identifies 254 districts across 28 states for immunisation programme

Firstpost  

The government has identified 254 districts spread across 28 states to enhance its immunisation coverage under the Mission Indradhanush programme during the ongoing World Immunisation Week. New Delhi: The government has identified 254 districts spread across 28 states to enhance its immunisation coverage under the Mission Indradhanush programme during the ongoing World Immunisation Week. Mission Indradhanush aims to cover all …

Govt to rename 'Mission Indradhanush', adds four new vaccines to immunisation drive
8 years, 9 months ago

Govt to rename 'Mission Indradhanush', adds four new vaccines to immunisation drive

India TV News  

New Delhi: The government's ambitious ‘Mission Indradhanush’ programme, which provides immunisation against seven life threatening diseases, is all set to be re-christened as four new vaccines have been added into it. As the name suggests, 'Mission Indradhanush', depicting seven colours of the rainbow, provides vaccination to seven vaccine-preventable diseases which include diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, polio, tuberculosis, measles and Hepatitis …

Centre launches media campaign for 'Mission Indradhanush' | India TV News
10 years ago

Centre launches media campaign for 'Mission Indradhanush' | India TV News

India TV News  

New Delhi: Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda on Monday launched the multi-media campaign for 'Mission Indradhanush' - the project which aims to cover all children who are either unvaccinated or are partially vaccinated against seven vaccine preventable diseases by 2020. Speaking on the occasion, Nadda sought the cooperation and support of all stakeholders, including civil society, states, political leaders and …

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