Govt to launch anti-polio campaign on June 2-3 Kathmandu, May 7:The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) is launching a two-day sub-national immunisation campaign for polio eradication on June 2 in 17 more districts. Earlier, the MoHP launched the campaign in six districts.The campaign is being... Horoscopes 08 May, 2007
Govt to finally launch JE campaign in four districts Kathmandu, March 30:The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has finally decided to go ahead with its plan to launch the Japanese Encephalitis (JE) Campaign in four out of the 18 districts it has targeted.The Expanded Programme on Immunisation... Travel 31 Mar, 2007
Recurrent headache Every year around 3000 people are afflicted by the Japanese encephalitis (JE), a mosquito-borne arbovirus infection that causes inflammation of the membranes in humans. The government-led JE vaccination campaign is vital in safeguarding the people from... 26 Feb, 2007
Lack of funds to hit JE campaign Kathmandu, February 24:The campaign against Japanese encephalitis (JE) is going to be affected this year due to lack of funds. The UN agencies have now backed off, as the vaccines to be brought in the country have not received goods manufacturing... Horoscopes 24 Feb, 2007
JE immunisation drive in valley from July Kathmandu, February 16:The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) is planning to introduce a routine immunisation programme on Japanese Encephalitis (JE) this July in Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur as some cases surfaced in the valley last year.Dr... Travel 17 Feb, 2007
Govt seeks funds for drive against encephalitis Kathmandu, September 30 :The government is seeking more funds for next year’s Japanese Encephalitis (JE) Campaign. The Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) under the Department of Health Services (DoHS) is in need of at least Rs 14 crore for the... Travel 30 Sep, 2006
16 lakh vaccinated against JE Kathmandu, August 5 :Over 16 lakh people have been vaccinated against Japanese Encephalitis so far this year under the JE Immunisation Campaign, which started in July. This is the first time the government has launched the JEIC on massive scale. The... Horoscopes 06 Aug, 2006
Encephalitis kills one Biratnagar: The number of Japanese encephalitis patients has gone up in the Biratnagar-based Koshi Zonal Hospital in the past few days. One Santosh Sardar, a resident of Urlabari-6, Morang, died of the disease recently, said a hospital staffer Govinda... Travel 03 Aug, 2006
Camp against Japanese Encephalitis soon Kathmandu, June 29 : The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) is launching a month-long Japanese Encephalitis (JE) immunisation campaign in four hyper-endemic districts, namely Banke, Bardia, Kailali and Dang to people more than one years old from... Travel 29 Jun, 2006
Delay in purchase of encephalitis vaccines Immunisation drive likely to be affectedKathmandu, May 13:Immunisation drive against Japanese encephalitis (JE) might not be effective this year due to delay in the procurement of vaccines.The vaccines have to be administered before the start of the... Travel 14 May, 2006
Cost of tardiness The Health Ministry officials’ incompetence can be gauged through the fact that they fail to even utilise the money pledged by the international donors. The officials should not be allowed to get away easily for their ineptitude in case the... 14 May, 2006
Immunisation plan facing fund crunch Kathmandu, March 28:At a time when the country is all set to implement the National Immunisation Plan (NIP) from 2008, the government’s Expanded Programme on Immunisation is likely to be badly affected by a huge resource gap caused by a rise in the... Travel 29 Mar, 2006
