Health sector to inject vaccine against Japan encephalitis for 180,000 kidsDeputy Head of the Health Ministry's National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology Dr. Tran Nhu Duong announced at a meeting to implement diseases in the North on February 15 in Hanoi that the health sector planned vaccination campaign against Japanese encephalitis for 180,000 kids nationwide. Japanese encephalitis accounts for 61 percent of infection cases and the country has over 1,000 cases of Japanese encephalitis annually. Those catching Japanese encephalitis will have high fever, headache, vomiting, and a fit of delirium. Along with the vaccination against Japanese encephalitis, the National Expanded Immunization Program will increase injection of the Japanese encephalitis vaccine for 3.4 million toddlers at the age of one to two years old nationwide. The health sector will use Japanese encephalitis made by Vietnam for the campaign.

Source: VietNamNet News February 16, 2017 03:33 UTC