Government has launched its flagship scheme ‘Intensified Mission Indradhanush 2.0’ to focus on full immunization coverage of 272 districts spread over 27 states and 652 blocks of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar among hard-to-reach and tribal populations.

• It aims to prevent 8 diseases under mission as well as to escalate efforts to achieve goal of attaining 90% national immunization coverage across India.
• It will cover vaccines for measles, tetanus, diphtheria, whooping cough, Hepatitis B, tuberculosis (Tb), meningitis and poliomyelitis.
• In selected areas, vaccines for Japanese encephalitis (JE) and Hemophilus influenza will also be provided.

IMI would also ensure that the children under 2 years of age and pregnant women are immunized against 8 vaccine-preventable diseases.