Mission Indradhanush improved child vaccination rates in India
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Mission Indradhanush improved child vaccination rates in India. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, July 18 : An estimated 25.5 million children across India were vaccinated under India s Mission Indradhanush (MI) child vaccination campaign during March 2015-July 2017, according to a study.
In December 2014, the Government of India launched MI, with the objective of increasing full immunisation coverage.
MI was a periodic intensification of the routine immunisation (PIRI) programme, which targeted unvaccinated and under-vaccinated children by allocating more resources to underserved areas.
The programme was implemented in 528 districts with low initial full immunisation coverage and high dropout rates in four phases during March 2015-July 2017.
Mujib Mashal and Hari Kumar, The New York Times
Published: 12 Jul 2021 09:30 AM BdST
Updated: 12 Jul 2021 09:30 AM BdST A COVID-19 testing site in Salarpur, India, June 12, 2021. The New York Times
When a devastating second wave of COVID-19 infections reached India’s countryside this spring, the village of Khilwai took immediate action. Two testing centres were set up, and 30 positive cases were isolated. The outbreak was contained with just three deaths. );
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It was a different story in the two villages on either side of Khilwai. Testing remained limited. The local health centre in one village had been closed, its staff sent away to a larger hospital. The coronavirus spread, and at least 30 people in each village died with COVID-19 symptoms.
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With help of experts, The New York Times analysed case and death counts over time, along with large-scale antibody test results, to arrive at several possible estimates