Health dept is confident of increasing the full immunization coverage to more than 90%
Rajasthan is almost near to achieve the target of 90% full immunization coverage (FIC) by this December, as called by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. According to the pregnancy and child tracking system (PCTS) data, until September 2018, the fill immunization coverage in the state is 89.5%. Now, the health department is quite confident to increase the full immunization coverage to more than 90% before the time.
According to PCTS data, full immunization coverage has already increased to more than 90 per cent in 17 out of 33 districts while linelisted full immunization has crossed 90 per cent mark in 7 out of 33 districts.
“Earlier, there were some issues in reporting and those have been resolved now,” Naveen Jain, health secretary and mission director, National Health Mission said. “During the last five months, there has been a good improvement in FIC, this pace will be maintained in coming three months. From July 1, on the initiative of Government of India, incentive scheme for computer operators has also been implemented and we will certainly increase the FIC to more than 90 per cent,” he added.
From September 2, Government of India has started coverage evaluation survey in Rajasthan.
Considering this, all officials responsible for the FIC in the districts were instructed to update the Mamta Card (immunization chart of the child) of the beneficiaries and accordingly update the Reproductive and Child Health register at the health centres.
It is worth mentioning here that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had advanced the timeline to achieve the target of 90 per cent FIC by December 2018 and to achieve this, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare further intensified the Mission Indradhanush activities in October 2017.
As per National Family Health Survey-4 (2015-16), FIC in the state among children of 12-23 months was 54.8%, as compared with the national average of 62%. After conducting four phases of Mission Indradhanush in the state from 2015-2017, 12 out of 33 districts were identified nationally for Intensified Mission Indradhanush in Rajasthan. At that time, as per NFHS-4, the state was lagging by 35 per cent points from the set target of 90%.
WHAT SURVEY SAYS
As per National Family Health Survey-4 (2015-16), FIC in the state among children of 12-23 months was 54.8%, as compared with the national average of 62%. After conducting 4 phases of Mission Indradhanush in the state from 2015-2017, 12 districts were identified nationally for Intensified Mission Indradhanush in Raj.
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