Special Vaccination Campaign Starts Measles -Rubella in Uttarakhand, targets to free the state by 2026 -special vaccination for measles and rubella extermination in Uttarakhand

The Department of Health begins a special vaccination campaign from July to release Uttarakhand from Measles and Rubella. The meeting is chaired by missionary director Swati s Bhadoria. The target is to free the condition of this disease by 2026. The vaccination sessions will be monitored from the Uwin portal. Officers were instructed to pay attention to public awareness campaigns. Jagran correspondent, dehradun. The National Health Mission is ready to make Uttarakhand Measles Rubella Free (Mr Free). Among the target of releasing the state of Mr by the year 2026, the Department of Health has decided to run a special vaccination campaign from July. This decision was made at the meeting of the State Task Force held in the Auditorium of NHM Uttarakhand. The meeting is chaired by missionary director Swati s Bhadoria. The missionary director said the state government is completely serious about eliminating infectious diseases such as measles and rubella and that a target for this reaches 95 percent or more vaccination coverage. He said the state would reach this target within the prescribed timeframe. In the meeting, dr. Manu Jain, director of NHM, dr. Kuldeep Martolia, Deputy Director of State Education, Shailendra Singh Chauhan, Deputy Director of the Department of Health, dr. Hitendra, Women and Child Development, State Nodic Officer Taruna Chamola, IAP President, dr. Hans, dr. Saurabh Singh, IDSP’s assistant director, assistant director of Urban Health Program All chief medical officer and district immunization officer attended the meeting by virtual medium. For children and pregnant women, many dangerous Swati Bhadoria said that diseases such as measles and rubella can push children to serious illnesses such as pneumonia, brain fever, blindness and death. It can cause fetal deformities and miscarriage in pregnant women. In such a situation, the success of this campaign is very important. Uwin portal is monitored from July 2025 until the next three months, the Special MRCing Week will be held. The monitoring of these vaccination sessions will be done by the Evin portal. If the session is not held anywhere, its causes will be reviewed in depth and affirmative steps will be taken. During the meeting, public awareness for vaccination demanded that the chief medical officers and district municipalizing officers of all districts instructed to review regular vaccination sessions in their respective districts and also pay particular attention to campaigns for raising awareness of the public, so that ordinary people could understand the importance of vaccination.