NEW DELHI: India’s flagship immunisation campaign -‘Mission Indradhanush’ - has been selected as one of the 12 best practices globally and is set to be featured in a special issue of the British Medical Journal. The campaign, aimed at ramping up nationwide coverage of immunisation, will be showcased at a major international conference here next week.The special issue of the journal is being brought out on the occasion of the fourth Partners Forum conference, to be held by the government here on December 12-13.The event, at which Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deliver the keynote address, is to be attended by over 1200 delegates from 85 countries discussing progress made in maternal and child health.Partners’ Forum 2018 is fourth in a series of global high-level multi-country, multi-stakeholder events for sustaining global momentum on issues related to maternal and child health.“India is a global leader in the health space and as PMNCH Board member and present Board chair has offered to co-host the Partners’ Forum dedicated to accelerate momentum on women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health with the highest level of political commitment,” health minister JP Nadda said.The programme of the Forum will be framed around the objectives of the global strategy of survive-thrive- transform. The conference will include four high level plenaries around political leadership, multi-sectoral collaboration, accountability and power of partnership. Each of these sessions will be followed by six concurrent sessions for more detailed discussions.While India has achieved substantial decline in maternal and child mortality rate since 1990, the government’s immunisation drive and campaign to increase awareness and coverage has played a very significant role.The Intensified Mission Indradhanush, launched by Modi in 2017, aims to reach each and every child under two years of age and all pregnant women who have been left uncovered under the routine immunisation programme. The special drive focuses on improving immunisation coverage in select districts and cities with particularly low immunisation rates to ensure at least 90% immunisation by end of this year.Initially, the government had targeted to achieve 90% immunisation coverage by 2020. However, with the launch of IMI, it has been advanced.