A premier vaccine research institute in Himachal Pradesh has stopped manufacturing the critical Japanese Encephalitis (JE) vaccine as it has failed to upgrade its laboratory to world standards.
The Central Research Institute (CRI) at Kasauli, about 80 km from here, supplies the JE vaccine to at least nine states. But the CRI has failed to upgrade its laboratory according to World Health Organisation (WHO) norms.
Immunization in Children - Japanese B Encephalitis Vaccine, Meningococccal A & C Vaccines
The need for these vaccines in our country should be based on epidemiology considerations, which, at present is very patchy. They may have a role in containing epidemics.
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Official sources said since the production of the JE vaccine is more expensive than importing Chinese vaccines, the union health ministry isn't keen to produce the vaccine at the CRI.
Last year, the health ministry imported a record 13.5 million doses of JE vaccines worth over Rs.128 million from China.
JE is a mosquito borne virus, which affects the human central nervous system.
Source: IANS
SRM/P
JE is a mosquito borne virus, which affects the human central nervous system.
Source: IANS
SRM/P
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