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Click on map to view interactive map of cases and deaths.
JEPN aims to bring together partners from 18 focus countries, including
national and state governments, WHO regional/national offices and other
specialized agencies, and national regulatory authorities to access
content on JE prevention and control and related issues from disparate
data sources, synchronize the information and allow for effective
collaboration to:
- Strengthen national and regional surveillance networks
- Map and share geographic and seasonal trends of disease incidence in the focus countries
- Share information on diagnostics developments
- Share scientific and research news on vaccine development
- Share data on vaccine use and trials
- Access libraries of guidelines, tools and technical resources on JE
- Share experiences on improving clinical services
Key features of this web-based tool include:
- Providing access to subject matter experts for experience sharing
- Maintaining a continuously updated database for the project, and building intellectual capital around JE through development of best practices
- Collaborative tools for planning and communications
- Reporting and geographical mapping of information
- Flexible user and group management, encouraging joint projects and cooperation
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13 June 2006
WHO JE Surveillance Standards now available
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5 October 2004
New guidelines for JE under review
New JE WHO guidelines are now under review by international technical experts. They are soon to be available and published on the WHO website. Link will be provided.
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| Latest News |
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19 December 2005
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Posted on 16 January 2006
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Curing Medicine's Orphans: When rich countries ignore far-away diseases
Japanese encephalitis, a cousin of West Nile virus that is also borne by mosquitoes and also causes inflammation. Japanese encephalitis kills one in three of its victims rather than one in every hundred; it leaves many survivors with brain damage.
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10 December 2005
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Posted on 16 January 2006
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At least 70 million kids face encephalitis risk: Unicef
NEW DELHI: At least 70 million children in India are at high risk of getting Japanese encephalitis but there are not enough vaccines to protect them against the deadly illness, a UN official said yesterday.
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10 November 2005
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Posted on 16 November 2005
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Indian Biotech company enters into agreement for manufacture and marketing of JE vaccine.
Bharat Biotech International Limited - an Indian Biotech company, has entered into a manufacturing and marketing agreement with Acambis Plc with regard to ‘ChimeriVax-JE’, an investigational vaccine against Japanese encephalitis (JE).
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13 October 2005
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Posted on 13 October 2005
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An outbreak of Japanese Encephalitis in India and Nepal
An outbreak of Japanese Encephalitis in India and Nepal has claimed the lives of more than 1,000 people - mostly children - in one of the most serious occurrences of the virus in almost 30 years, officials said on Thursday.
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13 October 2005
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Posted on 13 October 2005
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JE vaccine could have prevented deaths in India and Nepal
As an encephalitis outbreak rages in northern India and neighboring Nepal, a vaccine in China could have been used to keep more than 360 children from dying and hundreds more from likely suffering a lifetime of mental and physical disabilities.
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