What Immunization Programme Mechanism will GoI use to distribute COVID-19 vaccines?

The Government of India is to use the Universal Immunization Programme mechanism to distribute covid-19 vaccines in the country. This was announced by the Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan during his address in the Lok Sabha. Universal Immunization Programme Under the Universal Immunization Programme, the Government of India provides several vaccines to infants, pregnant women, ..

Month: Current Affairs - September, 2020

Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs

Topics: BCG vaccine • COVAXIN • Intensified Mission Indradhanush • Mission Indradhanush • Polio • Rotavirus vaccine • SPUTNIK V • Tetanus • universal immunisation programme

Budget 2020: Wellness, Water and Sanitation

On February 1, 2020, the Finance Minister presented the Budget for the financial year 2020-21. The GoI gives utmost importance to health sector. The GoI under the Budget 2020-21 aims to provide wellness, water and sanitation by allocating funds for following schemes. Ayushman Bharat Under PMJAY, there are more than 20,000 empaneled hospitals in the ..

Month: Current Affairs - February, 2020

Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs

Topics: Aayushman Bharat • Budget 2020 • Health • Jal Jeevan mission • Mission Indradhanush • PMJAY • sanitation • Swachh Bharat • Water

Intensified Mission Indra Dhanush 2.0 begins

Government has launched its flagship scheme ‘Intensified Mission Indradhanush 2.0’ to focus on full immunization coverage of 272 districts spread over 27 states and 652 blocks of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar among hard-to-reach and tribal populations. The Mission Indradhanush 2.0 will be carried out between December 2019 and March 2020. Mission Indradhanush 2.0 Objective: To ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2019

Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs

Topics: Bihar • Disease Prevention • IMI 2.0 • Immunization • Mission Indradhanush • Uttar Pradesh

Intensified Mission Indradhanush 2.0 Launched

Mission Indradhanush is a health mission scheme launched by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India on 25 December 2014 to achieve full immunization coverage at a rapid pace for all children and pregnant women in the country. From December 2014 to August 2017 Indradhanush was covered in four phases with above ..

Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs • India Nation & States Current Affairs

Topics: diptheria • Hepatitis B • Immunization • Intensified Mission Indradhanush • Measles • Ministry of Health and Family Welfare • Mission Indradhanush • Narendra Modi • national vaccination drive • Poliomyelitis • Prime minister • Tetanus • Tuberculosis

Indian Air Force launchs an innovative mobile health App ‘MedWatch’

On the occasion of 86th anniversary, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has launched an innovative mobile health App named ‘MedWatch’ in keeping with the Prime Minister’s vision of ‘Digital India, Ayushman Bharat and Mission Indradhanush’. The app is conceived by the doctors of IAF and developed in house by Directorate of Information Technology (DIT) with ..

Topics: Ayushman Bharat Yojana • Digital India • Food and Drug Administration • Government of India • Health • India • Indian Air Force • MedWatch • Mission Indradhanush