Haryana Government on Friday decided to extend the ‘Mission Indrashanush’ in all the districts of the State.
Haryana Additional Chief Secretary, Health, Ram Niwas said that the level of immunisation in the State is 72 per cent which is far behind the immunisation level of the other progressive States of the country.
The Government has now decided to extend the ‘Mission Indrashanush’ in all the districts of the State.
Niwas said that districts Mewat and Palwal are the worst as only 35 per cent and 40 per cent, respectively children are immunised. The districts of Palwal, Faridabad, Panipat and Jhajjar have poor immunisation levels too. ‘Mission Indradhanush’ targets diseases like diphtheria, tetanus, TB, hepatitis-B, japanese encephalitis, polio and influenza.