Manipur: Anti-JE vaccination from Oct 25

[Ronan Kelly]

Anti-JE vaccination from Oct 25: Parijat
Source: Hueiyen News Service

Imphal, October 22 2010: Japanese Encephalitis Vaccination Programme, which was deferred from its earlier scheduled to start from October 12 due to none arrival of auto disable (AD) syringes imported from foreign country, will be launched on October 25 in five districts of the state.

Health and Family Welfare minister, Ph Parijat talking to reporters today at the conference hall of the Family Welfare Directorate said that the mass vaccination programme will be started from October 25.Government is to take up the programme considering the prevalent of the dreaded disease in the state.

The department is all set to launch the programme targeting vaccination of children of age ranging from one to 15 year in these five districts of Imphal east, Imphal west, Thoubal, Bishnupur and Chandel.

The five districts of Manipur were included among 109 districts listed out in the country for conducting the mass vaccination programme, the minister said.

The Central sponsored programme is to be taken up in the state by the state family welfare department in collaboration with National Rural Health Mission.

The programme has been successfully implemented in 30 districts of the country, Parijat said.

The programme which would be taken up in five districts of the state targeting to cover 59,2196 children of age ranging from one to 15 year by opening 2053 vaccination booths.

A total of 217 medical officers, 678 ANM, 3646 Anganwadi workers, 2713 ASHA, 1815 teachers, 93 supervisors and 344 staff nurses will be utilized in the programme.

Out of 2053 booths to be opened it include 1815 schools and each booth will be manned by two ANM and one each of ASHA, Anganwadi worker and teacher.

For every five booths, one supervisor will be deputed, he said.

Additonal director of social welfare department, Dr Wahengbam Gulapi who also attended the press briefing said that the vaccination programme will start from 9 am and will continue till 5 pm everyday.

The vaccine to be vaccinated is SA14-14-2.The vaccine cannot be administered to children infected by HIV/AIDS.

Children with liver and kidney cases, allergenic children and suffering from fever will also be avoided from vaccination, he added.


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[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Manipal: Anti-JE vaccination from Oct 25

Re: Manipal: Anti-JE vaccination from Oct 25

3,69,933 children given anti-JP vaccine against targeted 5,72,194
Source: Hueiyen News Service

Imphal, November 03 2010: The mass Japanese Encephalitis Vaccination Programme performed in five districts of the state concluded today with vaccination of 3,69,933 children against the targeted figure of 5,72,194 .

The mass vaccination programme across five districts of Imphal East, Imphal West, Thoubal, Bishnupur and Chandel was launched on October 25 and concluded today.

It targeted vaccination of anti-Japanese Encephalitis to children between the age group of one to 15 years.

Source at the state family welfare department said that in the first phase of the programme, a total of the 3,69,933 children were vaccinated.

The number is against 5,72,194 children targeted by the authority.

As per the record in the department total of children vaccinated in Imphal west was 11,2,603, Imphal east 84,620, 84,718 in Thoubal, 41,283 in Chandel and 46,749 in Bishnupur district.

For Imphal west district 110 teams comprising five members conducted the vaccination programme across the district, said Dr Bimola Devi, district medical officer of the district talking to Hueiyen Lanpao.

Two vaccinators of each team were assisted by one each Anganwadi worker, ASHA and school teacher.

They were assisted by local club volunteers and women bodies.

Thirty-five doctors supervised all the teams, she added.

Clarifying on news reports on hospitalisation of children after administering the vaccine, she said that no such reports came up in her district.

There is no need for fear in administering the vaccine to the children.

The vaccine is to be given only once in a child's life for protection from the dreaded disease, she added.

Mention may be made that state family welfare department conducted the programme in collaboration with the state National Rural Health Mission to the five districts of the state included among 109 districts listed in the country for conducting a mass vaccination programme by the Union ministry of health and family welfare programme
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[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Manipur: Anti-JE vaccination Oct-Nov 2010, 400,000 children vaccinated

Re: Manipur: Anti-JE vaccination Oct-Nov 2010, 400,000 children vaccinated

Encephalitis campaign in Manipur
OUR CORRESPONDENT

Imphal, Nov. 9: The Manipur health and family welfare department will not be able to meet the target for the Japanese encephalitis vaccination campaign that will end on Thursday and is preparing to meet it in the second phase, expected to begin soon.

The first phase of the campaign began on October 25 in the five districts of Bishnupur, Chandel, Imphal East, Imphal West and Thoubal. Children between 1 and 15 years of age have been vaccinated during the campaign.

The first phase of the campaign has covered 4,10,008 children, including 2,00,772 girls, so far, meeting 71.7 per cent of the target. Altogether 2,053 vaccination centres have been opened in the first phase.
Though the campaign will not meet the target in the first phase, department officials are happy that some achievement has been made. It has been appreciated by the Centre as well, which considers above 60 per cent coverage as good.

This is the first time that such a vaccination programme has been carried out in Manipur.

In the first phase of the campaign, the Centre selected had 109 districts across the country, including five districts of Manipur.

Manipur is considered a Japanese encephalitis endemic zone. According to official statistics, 116 suspected cases of Japanese encephalitis were reported between June and August this year. Of these, 45 cases were confirmed Japanese encephalitis cases. Fourteen deaths were officially confirmed.
?We first targeted children because the mortality rate among the children was very high. Gradually, the other age group will also be brought under the campaign. The first phase was a success. We are now preparing for the second phase,? Y. Ibechoubi, the joint director of the health and family welfare department, told The Telegraph.

The timing for the second phase has not been fixed.

Official sources said the vector-borne diseases control programme section of the state health department sent the report to the Centre to finalise the areas for the second phase.

The sources said the state health and family welfare department was planning to carry on the vaccination programme after the second phase to completely stamp out Japanese encephalitis from the state.

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