Action taken by Govt. of India towards prevention & control of AES/JE
BackThe steps taken by Govt. of India towards prevention and control of AES/JE are as follows:-
- JE vaccination in Routine vaccination was covered to 334 districts and Adult vaccination covered in 42 of Assam, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh.
- Re-orientation training course on AES/JE case management is a continuing process. Such orientating training courses were carried out in endemic states.
- Advisories are being sent to all the endemic states before the transmission season.
- The diagnostic facilities have been strengthened to 171 Sentinel Surveillance Hospitals (SSHs) and 15 Apex Referral Laboratories (ARLs). These have been supplied with diagnostic kits, free of cost from National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune.
- The programme activities and epidemiological situation of all endemic states are reviewed before the transmission season. Guidelines on clinical management of JE was developed.
