CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Uttar Pradesh has launched massive door to door campaign DASTAK in association with UNICEF to eradicate deadly Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) and Japanise Encephalitis (JE) disease in the state.

Detailed explanation-2: -The state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) has been under constant surveillance for JEV activity since 1978 [24]. The longest epidemic of viral encephalitis was reported from Gorakhpur district, UP between July and November 2005 [25].

Detailed explanation-3: -Background & objectives: Japanese encephalitis (JE), is a vaccine preventable mosquito borne arboviral disease. The State Health Department of West Bengal, India started a vaccination programme using live attenuated, single dose JE vaccine (SA-14-14-2) in children aged 1-below15 years since 2006 in five districts.

Detailed explanation-4: -25 Jul 2022 The disease has been reported in more than 20 of Assam’s 35 districts. Japanese encephalitis is an infection spread from animals (mainly pigs or birds) to humans through mosquito bites. The infection can cause inflammation of the brain.

Detailed explanation-5: -Japanese encephalitis is a mosquito borne zoonotic viral disease, caused by Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV). The occurrence of disease is widespread in 24 countries of South-East Asia and Western Pacific region. The main vector of JE is Culex tritaeniorhynchus, spread across India.