Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya launches Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 4.0

Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya launched the Intensified Mission Indradhanush 4.0 in New Delhi to protect children and pregnant women from severe diseases. It is a special drive to ensure full immunization coverage in the country. The IMI 4.0 will be conducted in 416 districts across 33 states/UTs.

AIR correspondent reports that the goal of Mission Indradhanush is to ensure full immunization for children and pregnant women. Mission Indradhanush was launched in December 2014 as a special drive to expand immunization coverage in the country.

The programme will be implemented in three rounds, of 7 days each. The first round will begin from 7th February 2022, second round from 7th March 2022, and the third round from 4th April 2022. In the first round 11 states will be covered. These are Assam, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tripura and Chhattisgarh. Till date, ten phases of Mission Indradhanush have been completed covering 701 districts across the country.