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India’s immunisation drive: Battling diseases, ensuring a healthy future
By Harsh Vardhan
UPDATED ON DEC 24, 2019 07:52 PM IST
The government aimed to increase the immunisation coverage of children to 90%. The result was heartening
Structural reforms have changed the social sector
By Amitabh Kant
UPDATED ON APR 22, 2019 09:23 AM IST
One of India’s biggest challenges has been, and continues to be, the state of our social capital.
Immunisation plan set to be expanded
By Sanchita Sharma | New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON DEC 13, 2018 07:56 AM IST
India plans to integrate the learnings from IMI with its universal immunisation programme, which is the largest in the world with annual cohorts of 26.7 million babies and 30 million pregnant women.
Sustained efforts must to reduce India’s infant mortality below 25 by 2030
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON SEP 19, 2018 05:48 PM IST
It would require better institutional delivery, strengthening routine immunisation, scaling-up of special newborn care units to treat malnourished and ill newborns, providing holistic nutrition, and meeting the national commitment to make the country open-defecation free by 2019, to help us reach the goal