Union Health Minister J P Nadda has asked members of the Red Cross to actively participate in its deworming initiative and Mission Indradhanush which is a special drive to vaccinate children. Speaking in New Delhi yesterday, Mr Nadda also stressed on the need to enhance the quality of first aid training for strengthening service delivery. <br/><br/>He said the Mission Indradhanush, depicting seven colours of the rainbow, provides vaccination for seven preventable diseases namely- diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, polio, tuberculosis, measles and Hepatitis B. The Minister said, 2 crore 70 lakh children are born every year and nearly 90 lakh of them are not immunised. <br/><br/>Mr Nadda said, His ministry has been able to provide total immunisation to 54 lakh children and 55 lakh mothers.The India Red Cross can play a very important role in the deworming initiative of the government that aims to protect more than 24 crore children between the ages of 1-19 years.