Hanoi vaccines against Japanese encephalitis for free

From April 18-27, Hanoi will give vaccines for Japanese encephalitis free of charge to children born on January 1, 2002 - December 31, 2006, living in the whole city.

Vaccination - please get 60% of new Japanese encephalitis, every year, Vietnam has nearly 3,000 children with encephalitis.(Photo: VNN)

Accordingly, children who have not been vaccinated or have been injected with services and come to the vaccination schedule, whether they have permanent or temporary residence in Hanoi, can go to commune / ward health stations for free injections.

In 2007, according to the decision of the national expanded vaccination program, Hanoi expanded the area of ​​Japanese encephalitis vaccine to 5 districts: Tu Liem, Thanh Tri, Soc Son, Dong Anh, Gia Lam and some wards. high risk.

According to the report of the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, each year, Vietnam has 2,500-3,000 children with encephalitis, of which 30-40% of children with Japanese cerebral tablets

However, the whole country has about 50-60% of children under 5 years of age receiving Japanese encephalitis vaccine. The rate of children outside this age group has not been vaccinated quite high.

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