Question : Intensified Mission Indradhanush

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has launched Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) to accelerate immunisation coverage to meet its target of full immunisation coverage by 2018 and if so, the details thereof;

(b) the names and number of districts covered/targeted under the said Mission;

(c) whether the Government has introduced any mechanism to monitor the said Mission at National as well as State levels and if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether the pace of immunisation coverage had slowed down and has registered just one percent increase per year between 2009 and 2013; and

(e) if so, the details thereof along with the achievements of first two phases of the said Mission and steps taken/being taken by the Government to expand the Mission in the country?

ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND
FAMILY WELFARE
(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)
(a) & (b): Yes, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has launched Intensified Mission Indradhanush on 8th October 2017 with an aim to increase the full immunization coverage to 90% by December 2018. The Intensified Mission Indradhanush is being carried out in 173 districts and 17 urban areas across 24 states of the country. The names and number of district is given at Annexure.

(c): The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has deployed its officials as national mentors for each of the states identified under Intensified Mission Indradhanush. In addition to deployment of officer from Health Ministry other national monitors from partner agencies are deployed to these identified districts for monitoring the activity of Intensified Mission Indradhanush. Apart from the above, representatives of development partners supporting immunization have been identified as nodal partner representative for every district identified under Intensified Mission Indradhanush for providing regular monitoring of districts.
(d) & (e): The increase in immunization coverage between 2009 and 2013 was at the rate of 1% per year as per the survey conducted during these period. To accelerate the increase in immunization coverage, Mission Indradhanush was launched in December 2014. After the first two phases of Mission Indradhanush about 37.78 lakh pregnant women received tetanus toxoid, about 146.05 lakh children were immunized of which 37.98 lakh children were fully immunized which has led to an increase of 6.7% full immunization coverage in the year 2015-16 as per Integrated Child Health and Immunization Survey (INCHIS).

Till date Four phases of Mission Indradhanush were carried out covering 528 districts across the country covering 68 lakh pregnant women, 255 lakh children of which 66.51 lakh children fully immunized. All the States/UTs have been requested to strengthen the routine immunization coverage following Intensified Mission Indradhanush.