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Zero Measles-Rubella campaign

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: Zero Measles-Rubella campaign (GS2 · Health, 24 April 2025)

What happened

  • The Health Minister launched the National Zero Measles-Rubella Elimination campaign 2025-26 [PIB].

Background

  • Goal: elimination by 2026 [PIB].

Why it matters

  • Eliminating measles and rubella depends on reaching the last child.

How to use this in Mains

GS-II Issues relating to development and management of health

  1. As per PIB (2025-04-24): the Health Minister launched the National Zero Measles-Rubella Elimination campaign 2025-26.
  2. Eliminating measles and rubella depends on reaching the last child.
Quotable data point

The Health Minister launched the National Zero Measles-Rubella Elimination campaign 2025-26.

PIB: Zero MR campaign, 24 Apr 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: MR.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

MR elimination target

Answer (b) & explanation

PIB.

Go deeper

ExplainerOne Health Approach: Why Human, Animal and Environmental Health Are Linked, Zoonotic Diseases, the Global Quadripartite and India’s National One Health Mission (UPSC Notes + PYQs)ExplainerAntimicrobial Resistance (AMR): How Superbugs Arise, the Global and Indian Burden, Causes in Hospitals, Farms and the Environment, and India’s National Action Plan 2.0 (UPSC Notes + PYQs)

Official source: PIB: Zero MR campaign, 24 Apr 2025

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