Vaccination Drive May Help Combat Japanese Encephalitis

In a joint letter, Health secretary P.K. Meherda and Panchayati Raj Secretary Deoranjan Kumar Singh asked the district collectors in the 13 identified districts and Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner to assess the actual beneficiary load and prepare an action plan.

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"After completion of the campaign, JE vaccine will be included in the routine immunisation programme. In this context, support of the District Panchayat Officer and PRI members for the activities to achieve 100 percent coverage during the campaign," the letter said.

The letter instructed to create community awareness for vaccination campaign, community mobilisation for achieving the target, to discuss the benefits of vaccination during Gramsabha and Gram Panchayat meetings and also to monitor the school and community level campaign activities.

Source: IANS