As many as 59,878 children, aged below two, who have missed their routine immunisation in the five Hyderabad-Karnataka districts of Kalaburagi, Yadgir, Raichur, Koppal, Ballari, Bengaluru (Urban) and in the jurisdiction of Bengaluru Bruhat Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will be covered under the Centre’s ‘Mission Indradhanush’ that will be launched in the city on April 7.
Health Minister U.T. Khader told presspersons on Tuesday that the programme was aimed at covering all those children who have either missed vaccination or are partially vaccinated against seven vaccine-preventable diseases, which include diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, polio, tuberculosis, measles and hepatitis B.
Expecting mothers will also be immunised for tetanus, he said.
To ensure complete coverage, immunisation will be taken up for one week from the 7th of April, May, June and July.
In the first phase, the programme will be taken up in five Hyderabad Karnataka districts as they have a low record of immunisation. It would be taken up in BBMP jurisdiction and in Bengalurue (Urban) due to high concentration of migration workers or labourers.
Total immunisation booths: 2,851 and mobile booths: 311
Children who have missed vaccination in five districts: 59,878
