The Mission Indradhanush programme targets children who are either unimmunized or partially immunized for intensified vaccination drives. In the 'Intensified Mission Indradhanush 5.0' (2023), which vaccine was newly added to the target vaccine basket?

• A Rotavirus vaccine
• B Adult JE vaccine
• C Typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV)
• D Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) ✓

Explanation

Intensified Mission Indradhanush 5.0 (IMI 5.0, launched 2023) included Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) in its vaccine basket for the first time as part of national scale-up of PCV, which was expanded from specific states to all districts. Rotavirus vaccine was introduced in IMI earlier rounds; TCV was introduced under routine immunisation in select states by 2021; adult JE vaccine is a separate campaign-based programme not part of IMI basket.

Reference: Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, 27th ed.

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