National Smallpox Eradication Programme. 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 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)