Vaccination Campaign Launched in Nawalparasi Targeting Citizens Over 35 Amid Rising Japanese Encephalitis Cases
Summary
Nawalparasi has launched a vaccination campaign targeting citizens over 35 amid a rise in Japanese Encephalitis cases, with 15 infections and six deaths reported this fiscal year.
Key Points
- A vaccination campaign against Japanese Encephalitis has been launched in Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Susta East) targeting over 150,000 citizens above 35 years of age.
- In the current fiscal year, 15 cases of Japanese Encephalitis were detected in Nawalparasi, with six deaths.
- The disease is transmitted by Culex mosquitoes, which breed in stagnant water such as paddy fields and bite mostly after sunset.
- Japanese Encephalitis typically occurs in the months of Shrawan, Bhadra, and Ashwin and affects over 50,000 people globally each year, causing 10,000 to 15,000 deaths.
