THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The mass vaccination programme against Japanese encephalitis will be organised in the district from July 15 to August 5. Vaccination will be given to children aged between one and 15 years. By taking vaccination, a child can be provided lifelong protection from the disease.

While many a parents have expressed reservation about Japanese Encephalitis (JE) vaccination being administered to children in the age group of 1-15 years in the State, the Directorate of Health Services on the other hand has claimed that there is nothing to worry about and vaccination is very

The Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today called for an immediate halt to the Health Department

Hyderabad: As many as 5,426 cases of acute diarrhoea, including 21 deaths, were reported in Hyderabad, Adilabad,
Karimnagar, Mahbubnagar, Visakhapatnam, Kurnool, Kadapa, East Godavari, Warangal and Medak. Hyderabad stood on top with 1,197 cases.

The total number of acute diarrhoea cases was 3,901 during the corresponding period last year, a government report pointed out.

Japanese encephalitis vaccination campaign in Lakhimpur district concluded after achieving 95.44 per cent of the target. The campaign, which kicked off in Lakhimpur early this month, was extended in which 3, 15, 495 children between the age group of 1 to 15 years were vaccinated throughout the district in 1,522 centres.

TEZPUR: The ten-day massive vaccination programme to prevent the deadly Japanese encephalitis disease concluded in Sonitpur district on May 14 last. The vaccination programme was launched by the district Health and Family Welfare department in collaboration with the district administration from May 4 last.

A 10-day Japanese Encephalitis vaccination campaign got underway today in Kamrup district. R S Jain, Deputy Commissioner, Kamrup officially declared the campaign open at a ceremony held at Majirgaon LP School under Azara block PHC.

Nearly 200 students along with their parents attended the inaugural function held under the chairmanship of BEEO Rani, according to a press release here.

In order to combat the threat of Japanese Encephalitis, the Kamrup District administration has chalked out plans to vaccinate all children between one to fifteen years of age.

The vaccines would be provided free of cost and would be administered by people specially trained for the purpose.

In view of the Government vaccination programme against Japanese Encephalitis from May 4-15 in Kamrup (Metro) district, the administration under Section 144 CrPC has prohibited voluntary organisations, and private doctors and individuals from doing vaccination on their own before 28 days or after the Government programme, an official release said.

As well as dengue fever (DF) and dengue haemorrhagic fever-dengue shock syndrome (DHF/DSS), other atypical manifestations of dengue virus infection have also been reported. The frequency of CNS involvement in dengue remains unknown, although isolated cases with neurological manifestations have been reported in Southeast Asia, Malaysia, Burma, Puerto Rico and India.

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