Japanes Encephalitis Vaccination Campaign Launched in Jhapa and Kailali

Kathmandu. The Ministry of Health and Food Hygiene is going to conduct a vaccination campaign against Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in Jhapa and Kailali. Due to increasing cases of illness and death from JE infection, a vaccination campaign against JE is being launched in three local levels of Jhapa and Kailali.

The campaign will be conducted from October 1 in Kailali and from October 5 in Jhapa. According to Dr. Abhiyan Gautam, Chief of the Child Health and Vaccination Service Branch under the Family Welfare Division of the Department of Health Services, the vaccination campaign is being launched in these areas in the first phase, keeping in mind the risk of JE infection.