Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 5.0, the nationwide vaccine catch-up campaign, which focusses on reaching zero-dose children aged between 0-5 years and pregnant women to ensure that they do not miss out on any vaccination, was launched in the State on Monday.
Health Minister Veena George inaugurated the Statewide campaign in Kerala, by administering oral polio vaccine to 3-year-old Mahia from Assam at the Peroorkada district model hospital.
Inaugurating IMI 5.0, Ms. George appealed to all to take part in the campaign and to ensure that the children were administered all life-saving vaccinations. Immunisation at appropriate ages can save children from many vaccine-preventable diseases. It was a matter of concern that despite several rounds of measles vaccination, the disease continued to persist in many pockets in the State, Ms. George said.
