Nearly 40,800 children up to the age of two and 9,000 pregnant women will be covered under the Intensified Mission Indradhanush 4.0 that was launched by Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya from New Delhi, the Gujarat government said on Monday.
Under the Union government's Mission Indradhanush, eligible children and pregnant women will be administered vaccines for diseases like jaundice, TB, diphtheria, polio, pneumonia, measles and rubella and other serious ailments, said a state government release.
Gujarat Health Minister Rushikesh Patel and MoS Health Nimishaben Suthar had joined the launching ceremony for 12 states through video conference from Gandhinagar, said the release.