Community outreach programme under IMI at Shastri Park

New Delhi: Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, inaugurated a special community outreach programme under the Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) at Shastri Park here on Monday through a video message. 

A three-day event is being organised by Song & Drama Division of Bureau of Outreach & Communication (BOC), under Ministry of Information & Broadcasting.

A video message of Dr Harsh Vardhan shared with the participants emphasised immunisation of children and pregnant women as part of the IMI 2.0 and the high priority being accorded by the Central Government to achieving Full Immunisation Coverage (FIC) targets.

Dr Vardhan said under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the IMI was launched from Vadnagar in 2017 and immunisation has been given a strong push in the gram swaraj abhiyaan and extended gram swaraj abhiyaan.

"While we have a 90% immunisation coverage target, we should all aim at ensuring that not a single child is deprived of a vaccine against vaccine-preventable diseases, especially when we have a basket of vaccines as part of our routine Universal Immunisation Program (UIP)," he said in his video message. 

With the launch of Intensified Mission Indradhanush 2.0, Dr Harsh Vardhan claimed that India has the opportunity to achieve further reduction in deaths among children under five years of age. It can also achieve the Sustainable Development Goal of ending preventable child deaths by 2030.

Senior officials from Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Bureau of Outreach and Communication, Health Department of Delhi Government, the local ASHAs and ANMs from the area surrounding the camp, and representatives from partner organisations were present during the event.