Children in Lao People’s Democratic Republic received Japanese Encephalitis vaccine in a school-based vaccination campaign

Children are generally afraid of vaccination. These expressions tell the full story.

 

Launch of the Japanese Encephalitis (JE) vaccine in a school in Xaythany District of Vientiane

 

She was preparing herself as most children do remember vaccination as a painful experience

However, most of these children are aware that this vaccination campaign is important, as it protect them from Japanese Encephalitis (JE). Prior to a vaccination campaign, it is important for a teacher to explain why some vaccination against childhood preventable diseases is needed.

There is no cure for JE and severe disease is evident through high fever, headache, neck stiffness, disorientation, coma, seizures, and spastic paralysis and in extreme cases, 3 out of 10 children will die. Those who survived have to live with the consequences brought on by the disease.

 

More than 1.5 million children aged nine months to 14 years of age will be protected from this dreadful JE disease and with this campaign; the JE vaccine will be introduced as part of a routine vaccination for children aged 9 months from 2016.