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Gujarat Government launched measles-rubella vaccination campaign: details, highlights
Gujarat Government launched measles-rubella vaccination campaign: details, highlights
The Gujarat government on 17 July 2018, launched a vaccination campaign to protect children from measles and rubella for which it has received a Rs 300 crore grant from the Centre.
The campaign, which will last for five weeks, will seek to vaccinate 1.6 crore children between the age of nine months to 15 years across the state against measles and rubella.
The Gujarat state has got a 100 percent grant of Rs 300 crore for the campaign which its plans to implement on a mission mode.
Over 4 lakh children would be vaccinated across 1,827 schools as well as anganwadis and hospitals across Vadodara district.
Gujarat
Formation: 1 May 1960
Capital: Gandhinagar
Largest city: Ahmedabad
Districts: 33
Governor: Om Prakash Kohli
Chief Minister: Vijay Rupani
Official Languages: Gujarati, Hindi
