ISSN: 2456-8090 (online)
DOI: 10.26440/IHRJ/0604.07550
AMAN KUMAR1* , UMA SRISHTI2
Cite this article as:Kumar A, Srishti U. “The Rainbow”: Mission Indradhanush. Int Healthc Res J. 2022;6(4):LE1-LE2. https://doi.org/10.26440/IHRJ/0604.07550
Author Affiliations:
1. Final Year BDS Student (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2919-3913)
2. Intern
Department of Public Health Dentistry, Himachal Dental College, Sundernagar, Himachal Pradesh, India
Dear Editor,
Mission Indradhanush is an actual mission which was launched on 25th December,2014 to provide atleast 90% of complete immunization coverage to children not more than 24 months & pregnant women as well.1
“Let no children suffer from any vaccine-preventable disease” – PM Narendra Modi2
Why Indradhanush???
Indradhanush means “rainbow.” We all know that there are 7 colors in rainbow. Mission Indradhanush consists of immunization against 7 childhood diseases that may threaten life of the individual & which includes; Diphtheria, Tetanus, Tuberculosis, Hepatitis-B, Measles, whooping cough(pertussis), Polio.
7 rainbow colours represent immunity against 7 childhood diseases.
What are the objectives of this mission???
It will make certain that all children upto 24 months & the pregnant as well are fully immunized with all available resources & vaccines.
The Long term goal is; strengthening the health system through collaboration with central & state government and development partners, identification and levelling of gaps in existing routine immunization program, human resource development and sustainable effort in the expansion of routine immunization micro-plans.
Why full immunization is essential???
Every year 5 lac children die due to that can be prevented by vaccination. Children that are Partially immunized or unimmunized, are at greater and severe risk of dying than fully immunized children. It can also prevent large scale outbreaks by keeping control over the disease in an area & thus, reducing the burden on an unstable health system.
Hence, supporting the fact that Full immunization is a priority to overcome increasing child mortality and improving overall health of country’s future.
What should the parents do???
Facts & Dates to remember…..!!!
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© Aman Kumar et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY-NC 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the use is not commercial and the original author(s) and source are cited. Submitted on: 09-Jul-2022; Accepted on: 28-Jul-2022 |