Intensified Mission Indradhanush 3.0

Intensified Mission Indradhanush 3.0

Subject: Welfare schemes

Context: The states and UT rolled out Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 3.0 scheme to cover children and pregnant women who missed routine immunisation during the COVID-19 pandemic

Concept:

• On the first day 29,000 children and 5,000 pregnant women were covered as per health ministry in the first phase rolled out on 22^nd

About IMI 3.0

• To reach those children and pregnant women who have been missed out or been left out of the Routine ImmunisationProgramme.
• It is to accelerate the full immunisation of children and pregnant women through a mission mode intervention.
• It will have two phases of 15 days each.
• It will be conducted on priority in 250 preidentified districts/urban areas across 29 States/UTs (the districts have been classified to reflect 313 low risk, 152 medium risk and 250 high risk districts).
• Beneficiary from migration areas and remote areas are primary target as they mostly missed vaccination.
• COVID-appropriate behaviour (CAB) during immunisation activities (social distancing, mask and other safety protocols like staggered approach of conducting sessions) has been made part of strategy.