To protect children of the age group 1 to 15 years from Japanese Encephalitis vaccine would be administered from February 27. The Health Department has set a target of administering a single dose to 9 lakh children in Bhopal. The health department has made all preparations for this. Besides, health workers have been given special training on vaccination.
CMHO Dr. Prabhakar Tiwari said that the Japanese Encephalitis vaccine will be administered to children aged between 1 year to 15 years in Bhopal from February 27. By administering this vaccine, children will develop immunity to fight the virus that causes meningitis. He said that children below 1 year of age will not be vaccinated against this fever. Children less than 1 year of age will be given the Cozenge encephalitis vaccine in the next phase of vaccination.
CMHO Dr. Tiwari said that two doses of Japanese Encephalitis vaccine will be given to children below 1 year of age. The first dose will be given to the child after 9 months of birth. Whereas the second one will be taken when the child is 16 months old. But, in the Japanese Encephalitis Vaccination Program starting from February 27, this vaccine will not be given to children below 1 year of age.
Bhopal CMHO Dr. Prabhakar Tiwari said that after getting the Japanese Encephalitis vaccine, the child concerned will not have fever or any other change in health. After receiving the vaccine, some children may have the problem of redness at the place where the vaccine has been given. But, the child will not need to take any medicine to remove the redness at the place where the vaccine has been given. The redness at the place where the vaccine has been administered will automatically resolve after a few minutes.
Japanese encephalitis (JE) fever is also called Japanese fever and encephalitis. This is a disease caused by mosquito bites. According to the report of the National Vector Borne Control Program, Japanese encephalitis virus is found in pigs and wild birds. When a Culex species mosquito bites a pig or wild bird carrying JE virus, the JE virus reaches the mosquito's body. When this mosquito bites a healthy person, the person gets infected with Japanese encephalitis.