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$NMEP$ stands for
National Measal Eradication Programme
National Mumps Eradication Programme
National Malaria Eradication Programme
None of the above
Solution
Universal Immunisation Programme $WHO$ launched the programmes to immunise the children of the entire world against six diseases till $2000$
$(i)$ Diphtheria $(ii)$ Pertussis (wooping cough)
$(iii)$ Tetanus $(iv)$ Polio
$(v)$ Tuberculosis $(vii)$ Measles
National Programmes
These programmes were started by the government of India to erase the major communicable diseases
The major national programmes are
$(a)$ National Malaria Eradication Programme $(NMEP)$
$(b)$ National Cholera Control Programme $(NCCP)$
$(c)$ National Leprosy Control Programme $(NLCP)$
$(d)$ National Smallpox Eradication Programme $(NSEP)$
$(e)$ National Filaria Control Programme $(NFCP)$
$(f)$ Family Planning Programme $(FPP)$