Open AccessA study on awareness and utilization of Mission Indradhanush in an urban slum of Bhubaneswar
Author(s) -
Ipsa Mohapatra,
Amit Kumar,
Krishna Mishra
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_146_18
Subject(s) - medicine , slum , christian ministry , immunization , government (linguistics) , environmental health , family medicine , pediatrics , population , immunology , philosophy , linguistics , theology , antigen
India records 5 lakh child-deaths annually due to vaccine preventable diseases. As a strategic endeavor, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, launched Mission Indradhanush in December 2014 to achieve more than 90% full immunization coverage by the year 2020.