INTENSIFIED MISSION INDRADHANUSH (IMI) 3.0

• Be N By IAS, Delhi
• 24, Feb 2021

For : GS-1: Society- Health, GS-2: Governance

CONTEXT:

The States/Union Territories (UTs) have rolled out the first phase of Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 3.0 to cover children and pregnant women who missed the routine immunisation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

INTENSIFIED MISSION INDRADHANUSH (IMI) 3.0:

• Aim: The program, through a mission mode intervention, is aimed to accelerate the full immunisation of
  • Children And
  • Pregnant Women
• IMI 3.0 campaign and Portal: Was launched on February 19, 2021, along with operational guidelines for it and the awareness material as a part of the campaign.
• States and district functionaries will reach to each and every child and attain maximum full immunisation coverage.
• Two rounds Schedule: The campaign is scheduled to have two rounds of immunisation lasting 15 days (excluding the routine immunisation and holidays) starting from February 22 and March 22, 2021.
• Conducted in: It will be conducted in pre-identified 250 districts/urban areas across 29 States/UTs in the country.
• Classification of districts: As per the guidelines released for IMI 3.0, the districts have been classified to reflect
  • 313 as low risk,
  • 152 as medium risk, and
  • 250 as high-risk districts.
• Staggered approach: States have been asked to follow the "staggered approach" to avoid crowding at the session sites and even plan break-up sessions if the approach is not effective to avoid crowding.
• Mission IMI 2.0: From December 2019-March 2020, “to achieve targets of full immunization coverage among hard-to-reach and tribal populations.

MISSION INDRADHANUSH:

• It is a health mission of the Government of India. It was launched in 2014.
• 90 % target: The scheme this seeks to drive towards 90% full immunisation coverage of India and sustain the same by year 2020.
• Vaccination against 12 diseases: Vaccination is being provided against eight vaccine-preventable diseases:
  1. Diphtheria
  2. Whooping cough
  3. Tetanus
  4. Polio
  5. Tuberculosis
  6. Hepatitis b
  7. Meningitis and pneumonia
  8. Hemophilus influenza type b infections
  9. Japanese encephalitis (JE)
  10. Rotavirus vaccine
  11. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) and
  12. Measles-rubella (MR)
• Vaccination against Japanese Encephalitis and Haemophilus influenzae type B is being provided in selected districts of the country.

INTENSIFIED MISSION INDRADHANUSH:

• Year: It was launched by the Government of India in 2017.
• Aim: To reach each and every child under two years of age and all those pregnant women who have been left uncovered under the routine immunisation programme.
• Focus area: Greater focus has been given on urban areas.
• It will target the districts which have immunisation coverage of 70% or below.

SOURCE: Business standards

MCQs:

Q. Which of the following diseases are covered under Intensified Mission Indradhanush?

1. Diphtheria
2. Dengue
3. Scrub typhus
4. Hepatitis B

Select the correct answer from the code given below.

• a) 1 and 4 Only
• b) 2 and 3 Only
• c) 1, 2 and 4 Only
• d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

ANS: A