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Mission 2

The document outlines the Mission Indradhanush program launched by the Government of India in 2014. [1] The program aims to strengthen immunization coverage across India, especially in 201 identified districts, through catch-up campaigns to vaccinate unvaccinated and partially vaccinated children and pregnant women. [2] It focuses on improving vaccine delivery, communication efforts, training of health workers, and establishing accountability at national, state, district, and local levels. [3] The goal is to increase routine immunization coverage to over 90% nationwide by 2020.

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Mission 2

The document outlines the Mission Indradhanush program launched by the Government of India in 2014. [1] The program aims to strengthen immunization coverage across India, especially in 201 identified districts, through catch-up campaigns to vaccinate unvaccinated and partially vaccinated children and pregnant women. [2] It focuses on improving vaccine delivery, communication efforts, training of health workers, and establishing accountability at national, state, district, and local levels. [3] The goal is to increase routine immunization coverage to over 90% nationwide by 2020.

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PROGRAMME

OF

MISSION INDRADHANUSH

SUBMITTED TO SUBMITTED BY
MRS -SUNITA K S KAILASH CHAND ATAL

LACTURER GCON JAIPUR M.SC[N] PREVIOUS

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The Government of India has launched Mission Indradhanush on 25 December
2014 as a special drive to vaccinate all unvaccinated and partially vaccinated
children and pregnant women by 2020 under the Universal Immunization
Programme.

Since the launch of Universal Immunization Programme in 1985, full immunization


coverage in India has not surpassed 65% despite all efforts. Mission Indradhanush
focuses on interventions to expand to more this coverage to more than 90%
children.

Under Mission Indradhanush, the


Government has identified 201 high focus
districts (list annexed) across the country.
These districts have been identified based on
a composite indicator, considering full
immunization coverage, number of
partially vaccinated and
unvaccinated children and whether the
district is an identified HPD or EPRP HR
district. Nearly 50% of all unvaccinated or 201 High Focus Districts

partially vaccinated children in India are in


these 201 districts. Intensified routine
immunization campaigns in these districts will
help reduce morbidity and mortality due to
vaccine preventable diseases. This will be done
through special catch-up campaigns to rapidly
increase full immunization coverage.

Mission Indradhanush aims to strengthen key functional areas of immunization


programme for ensuring high coverage throughout the country, with special
attention to 201 identified high focus districts.

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The broad strategy, based on evidence and best practices, will include four basic
elements: -

1. Meticulous planning of campaigns/sessions at all levels: Ensure revision of


micro plans in all blocks and urban areas in each district to ensure availability of
sufficient vaccinators and all vaccines during routine immunization sessions.
Develop special plans to reach the unreached children and pregnant women in
vacant sub centre areas, areas with missed RI sessions, high risk settlements
such as urban slums, construction sites, brick kilns, nomadic sites and hard-to-
reach areas identified under polio eradication initiative, areas with low RI
coverage and small villages or hamlets that are clubbed with another village for
RI services and do not have independent RI sessions.

2. Effective communication and social mobilization efforts: Generate awareness


and demand for immunization services through need-based communication
strategies and social mobilization activities to enhance participation of the
community in the routine immunization programme through mass media, mid
media, interpersonal communication (IPC), school and youth networks and
corporates.

3. Intensive training of the health officials and frontline workers: Build the
capacity of health officials and workers in routine immunization activities for
quality immunization services.

4. Establish accountability framework through task forces: Enhance involvement


and accountability/ownership of the district administrative and health
machinery by strengthening the district task forces for immunization in all
districts of India and ensuring the use of concurrent session monitoring data to
plug the gaps in implementation on a real time basis.

Mission Indradhanush will provide a complete package of solutions for achieving


high quality routine immunization coverage through a collaborative process
involving all major stakeholders and adopting the learnings from polio eradication

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programme in planning and implementation of the mission. Besides improving
vaccine delivery mechanism and building capacity of human resources, the mission
aims at strengthening monitoring and evaluation mechanisms – thus contributing
to health systems strengthening.

The Mission will identify and enlist beneficiaries that have either not received any
vaccination or are partially vaccinated, track and vaccinate them through four
campaigns every year.

The successful implementation of the mission will depend on the following actions
at different levels:

1. National level
a. Mission Indradhanush will be reviewed by the office of Honorable Prime
Minister and Minister of Health and Family Welfare.
b. Coordination with other ministries and key partners will be strengthened for
effective programme implementation.
c. State officials will be oriented on operational and financial guidelines.
d. National task force will review and monitor the implementation and progress of
Mission Indradhanush.
e. Prototypes of communication materials, including banners, posters, audio and
video spots will be prepared and shared with all states.

State level
a. State task force for immunization, under leadership of Principal Secretary Health
to guide and monitor progress in districts.
b. Strengthen coordination with other relevant departments and key partners for
effective programme implementation.
c. Principal Secretary Health and Mission Director, NHM to sensitize District
Magistrates concerned through video conference before first week of February,
followed by a video conference to review preparedness for the forthcoming

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campaign. Subsequently, quality of each round to be reviewed through video
conference.
d. District and urban bodies’ officials to be oriented on operational and financial
guidelines.
e. Printing and dissemination of communication materials, including banners,
posters, audio and video spots.
f. Timely dissemination of funds, vaccines and communication materials
g. Designate senior state level observers to involved districts to oversee
preparedness and implementation

2. District level
a. District task force for immunization, under leadership of District Magistrate to
guide and monitor progress in blocks/urban bodies.
b. Strengthen coordination with other relevant departments and key partners for
effective programme implementation.
c. Block and urban bodies’ officials to be oriented on operational and financial
guidelines.
d. Preparation of timeline of activities for effective programme implementation
e. Timely dissemination of funds, vaccines and communication materials
f. Designate senior district level observers to priority blocks to oversee
preparedness and implementation
g. Daily evening feedback meetings during the Immunization Week at the district
for sharing feedback and corrective actions.
h. District preparedness meeting, chaired by Chief Medical Officer/Civil Surgeon to
orient all block Medical Officer in charges on micro-planning and reporting
mechanisms.

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3. Block/Urban area level
a. Block area task force for immunization, under leadership of Block
Development Officer to guide and monitor progress in blocks/urban local
bodies.
b. Training of frontline health workers, including ANMs, ASHAs and
anganwadi workers. c. Sensitization of PRIs
d. Estimation of beneficiaries in left out areas by ASHAs

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