The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched anti-measles vaccination drive, Measles Catch-up Campaign. More than 13 crore children are expected to be covered , irrespective of their previous measles vaccination status.Vaccination programme will be conducted in primary schools, targeting children aged up to 10 years, particularly in 14 States where the routine immunisation coverage is less than 80 per cent.
The States that will benefit from the campaign are Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Rajasthan, Tripura, and Uttar Pradesh.
Measles is a highly infectious disease which is contracted by children with low immunity and can cause acute respiratory problems, diarrhoea, and pneumonia. The disease can also result in disabilities such as visual impairment.
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