Every year large number of children die of measles, keeping this in mind the Centre has launched a massive anti-measles vaccination drive targeting 57 lakh children in the age group of 9 to 10 years. More than 13 crore children are expected to be covered under the Measles Catch-up Campaign, irrespective of their previous measles vaccination status.

Recently, US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has advised health providers not to use needle free injector devices to administer influenza vaccines, because so far no flu vaccines have been approved for administration using such devices, saying they are approved for only the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine.