Mission Indradhanush was launched with a media event. The event included a photo exhibition on immunization, media registration, and delegates pledging to fully immunize every child. Shri J P Nadda, the Health Minister of India, launched the mission along with UNICEF and WHO representatives. Nadda pledged his support for fully immunizing every child and thanked the media for helping generate awareness of the mission. Health experts and government officials also spoke in support of Mission Indradhanush and its goal of increasing immunization coverage across India.

1. मिशन इंद्रधनुष - िीडिया लांच

2. Photo exhibition on different aspects of immunization during the media launch of Mission Indradhanush

3. Media registration desk – preparations before the launch

4. Media delegates registering

5. Delegates registering

6. Prof. Laxminarayan Ramanan, Vice President, PHFI –ITSU and Dr. Rakesh Kumar, Joint Secretary (RCH), MoHFW with Mr. Louis-Georges
Arsenault, UNICEF Representative, India

7. The Pledge Board- I Pledge to #Fully Immunize Every Child

8. I pledge to #Fully Immunize Every Child

9. I pledge to #Fully Immunize Every Child

10. Dr. R.P. Jain, Project Director Immunization, Rajasthan takes the pledge

11. Delegates signing the pledge board

12. Shri J P Nadda, Hon’ble Minister of Health and Family Welfare pledges to #FullyImmunizeEveryChild

13. Shri Bhanu Pratap Sharma, Health Secretary, GoI takes the pledge to #FullyImmunizeEveryChild

14. Shri J P Nadda, Hon’ble Minister of Health and Family Welfare greets the audience at the Media launch of Mission Indradhanush

15. Ms. Vimmi Chaudhury, Master of Ceremony

16. Shri J P Nadda, Hon’ble Minister of Health and Family Welfare being felicitated

17. Dr.(Prof.) Jagdish Prasad, DGHS, MoHFW being felicitated

18. Shri J P Nadda, Hon’ble Minister of Health and Family Welfare, lighting the lamp to begin the proceedings

19. Mr. Louis-Georges Arsenault, UNICEF Representative, India lighting the lamp during the media launch of Mission Indradhanush

20. Dr Nata Menabde, WHO Representative, India lighting the lamp

21. Dignitaries holding creatives from the publicity campaign of Mission Indradhanush

22. Shri C K Misra, Additional Secretary and Mission Director, National Health Mission (NHM), Government of India addressing the audience

23. The audience at the media launch of Mission Indradhanush

24. Health experts and dignitaries at the media launch of Mission Indradhanush

25. Dr Nata Menabde, WHO Representative, India addressing the audience

26. Dr Nata Menabde, WHO Representative, India addressing the audience

27. Mr. Deepak Kapur, Chairperson, Rotary India National Polio Plus Committee addressing the audience

28. Shri Bhanu Pratap Sharma, Health Secretary, GoI, speaking about the challenges that face the effective implementation of the Mission

29. Media launch of Mission Indradhanush

30. Shri J P Nadda, Hon’ble Minister of Health and Family Welfare addressing the media and sharing the micro plans for Mission Indradhanush

31. Shri J P Nadda, Hon’ble Minister of Health and Family Welfare
acknowledging the media’s role in changing mindsets and generating awareness

32. Dr. (Prof) Jagdish Prasad, DGHS, MoHFW; Shri J P Nadda, Hon’ble Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Shri Bhanu Pratap Sharma,
Health Secretary, MoHFW

33. Dr. Rakesh Kumar, Joint Secretary (RCH), MoHFW giving the vote of thanks

34. Many dignitaries and delegates took the pledge to support Mission Indradhanush in its quest to #Fully Immunize Every Child