Japanese encephalitis immunization campaign started on April 2 completed successfully with an achievement of 92.3% of the target covering 4,19,965 children between age group of 1 to 15 years of age.

A three-month-old boy, which was administered vaccine on Wednesday died on Saturday The child's parents alleged that death was due to vaccination while the Health Department declared it to be death due to diarrhoea.

Hearsay among people in Uttar Pradesh has led to the high incidence of polio in the state. A team which went to administer polio drops to under five children here, met with a considerable resistance from parents. "These drops will make our children paralytic',said some parents in Harola village. Dr. Anil Kumar ,who led the team ,tried to convince the parents,but could not. Later, Dy CMO Dr. P.K. Singh was able to persuade the parents to bring out their children for polio drops.

Measles outbreaks in several states have led to more than 70 cases so far this year, the worst in six years, health officials said Thursday. Most of the cases have been traced to outbreaks overseas and are mainly in children who were not vaccinated for religious or other reasons, according to the Centers for Disease control and Prevention. Since measles vaccinations began in the early 1960s, cases have dramatically declined in the U.S.

The National Highways and Motorway Police (NH&MP) will facilitate district polio teams in the administration of Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) to the children travelling on intercity routes at toll plazas within their jurisdictions across the country on national and sub-national immunisation days.

WHILE some districts reported a lower than usual turnout at the vaccination drive held across the state on Wednesday, government health officials said the overall response was good, with an average turnout of 95 per cent. Following the death of four infants after administration of measles vaccine in Tiruvallur district last week, the Government moved the vaccination programme from the villages to primary health centres and hospitals to be held under medical supervision. Health education on breast-feeding and child care was also provided to the mothers.

The 16 Assam Rifles of 9 Sector under HQ IGAR (South) has organized a Hepatitis

THE death of a nine-month-old baby girl created a flutter in Tirunelveli on Tuesday after the parents of the baby claimed that the death was due to administration of Hepatitis B vaccination. A joint enquiry was conducted by the Health Department officials and Tirunelveli Corporation. While officials claimed to have evidence confirming that the baby was administered vaccine on April 9, the parents alleged it was on April 28.

Polio resurfaces in Pakistan: Efforts to eradicate polio appear to have taken a blow following confirmation of a third case in Pakistan's Sindh Province this year. The disease was confirmed in a

A free vaccination and treatment camp was organized by the Early Birds, a wildlife and animal care organization yesterday at Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary on the occasion of World Veterinary Day at Raja Mayang and Murabori village. This was stated in a press release. Altogether 173 cattle were vaccinated and free medicines were distributed. But the plight of Pobitora is very much at stake due to grazing of large number of cattle inside the park which often causes shortage of fodder to the wild counterpart.