After four years, the health department of Delhi has decided to re-start the campaign to vaccinate children for Measles and Rubella disease.
MR Vaccine campaign is targeting 41 crore children between the age of 9 months to 15 years in the country and aims at providing them free of cost MR vaccines at schools and health centres.
Starting today, the 5-week initiative aims to vaccinate 13.6 lakh children in the age group of 9-15 years in Meerut district. According to research, Measles Rubella kills nearly 49,000 children annually. The 2-week long first phase aims to cover approximately 4,567 children.
Government of India's Measles-Rubella vaccination campaign across the country is aimed towards eliminating the deadly virus by 2020. The campaign, which is part of the government's Universal Immunisation Programme, aims to achieve this by vaccinating all children against this severe condition. Here are success tales of some pioneers who have served as helping hands in motivating children and caregivers to actively participate in the campaign in order to ensure timely vaccination.
The Measles-Rubella Vaccination campaign was launched across Jammu district to administer vaccines to over 3.85 lakh children falling in the 9 months to 15 years age group.
India's introduction to Rubella vaccine to child immunisation program begins from today with the initiation of Measles and Rubella vaccine campaign in J&K.
The health authorities of Hailakandi district, Assam have requested the parents not to avoid vaccination and to confirm that their children are vaccinated with Measles Rubella (MR) vaccine in order to have a healthy future.
Tripura's Health Minister wants to make this Measles and Rubella (MR) Immunization programme in Tripura most successful. However, the immunization programmes in the State were successful in the past.
Parents of children in Bristol have been alerted by the public health department to get their children vaccinated against Measles due to major outbreak of the viral infection this year. Bristol has recorded 40 times higher number of confirmed Measles cases compared to last year.
The aim of this campaign is to end preventable deaths of newborns and children under five years of age by 2030 due to infections like measles and rubella.
Are you suffering from measles? Try these home treatments which will help you deal with this condition naturally.
After four years, the health department of Delhi has decided to re-start the campaign to vaccinate children for Measles and Rubella disease.
MR Vaccine campaign is targeting 41 crore children between the age of 9 months to 15 years in the country and aims at providing them free of cost MR vaccines at schools and health centres.
Starting today, the 5-week initiative aims to vaccinate 13.6 lakh children in the age group of 9-15 years in Meerut district. According to research, Measles Rubella kills nearly 49,000 children annually. The 2-week long first phase aims to cover approximately 4,567 children.
Government of India's Measles-Rubella vaccination campaign across the country is aimed towards eliminating the deadly virus by 2020. The campaign, which is part of the government's Universal Immunisation Programme, aims to achieve this by vaccinating all children against this severe condition. Here are success tales of some pioneers who have served as helping hands in motivating children and caregivers to actively participate in the campaign in order to ensure timely vaccination.
The Measles-Rubella Vaccination campaign was launched across Jammu district to administer vaccines to over 3.85 lakh children falling in the 9 months to 15 years age group.
India's introduction to Rubella vaccine to child immunisation program begins from today with the initiation of Measles and Rubella vaccine campaign in J&K.
The health authorities of Hailakandi district, Assam have requested the parents not to avoid vaccination and to confirm that their children are vaccinated with Measles Rubella (MR) vaccine in order to have a healthy future.
Tripura's Health Minister wants to make this Measles and Rubella (MR) Immunization programme in Tripura most successful. However, the immunization programmes in the State were successful in the past.
Parents of children in Bristol have been alerted by the public health department to get their children vaccinated against Measles due to major outbreak of the viral infection this year. Bristol has recorded 40 times higher number of confirmed Measles cases compared to last year.
The aim of this campaign is to end preventable deaths of newborns and children under five years of age by 2030 due to infections like measles and rubella.
Are you suffering from measles? Try these home treatments which will help you deal with this condition naturally.
