Lok Sabha Question No. 4333 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-19
Subject: Japanese Encephalitis
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Deepak Baij

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4333 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19 TH JULY, 2019

## JAPANESE ENCEPHALITI S

## 4333. SHRI DEEPAK BAIJ:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

(a) the number of deaths taking place due to Japanese Encephalitis during last five ye current year, State/UT - wise indicating the age of children affected by the disease;

(b)  the facilities  provided  by  the  Union  Government  in  affected  States  to  tackle  this  d during the last five years; and

(c) the steps taken to check this disease along with the effect thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a) : Japanese Encephalitis (JE) mainly affects children between the age group of 1 - 15 years who  live  in  rural  areas  usually  in  paddy  cultivation  areas  having pig  population.  Statement showing State/Union Territories (UTs) wise number of deaths due to Japanese Encephalitis in the country during last five years and current year is at Annexure.

- (b & c) : Under the National Programme for Prevention and Control of JE approved by Union Cabinet on 18.10.2012 following measures have been carried out for prevention and contro JE:
- JE vaccination campaign is carried out in children (1 - 15  years) followed by introduction of routine immuniz ation in children of new cohorts with 2 doses of vaccine, one at 9 month age and second at the age of 16 - 24 months.
- Adult (>15 - 65 years) JE vaccination campaign conducted in identified districts.
- Establishment of 10 bedded Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) in 60 high burdened districts of five States (Assam, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal).
- Establishment of 143 Sentinel sites for testing of JE where diagnostic kits are supp Govt. of India.
- Funds  provided  for  the  strengthening of  Physical  Medicine  and    Rehabilitation  (PMR) departments in identified Medical Colleges of 5 States.
- Funds are also provided to the States for undertaking public health measures including control and awareness activities.

The effect of all these mea ures has been that the Case Fatality Rate among JE/AES cases has  declined  significantly  from  11%  in  2016  to  6%  in  2018.    Further  due  to  JE  vaccin activity,  most  of  the  endemic  States  like  Assam,  Bihar,  Manipur,  Tripura,  Uttar  Prades West Bengal have reported significant decrease in the number of JE cases in 2018 in compa to 2017.

## Annexure

State/UT-wise deaths due to Japanese Encephalitis during last five years and current year, as reported by the States

| Sl. No.   | Affected States/ UTs   |   2014 |   2015 |   2016 |   2017 |   2018 |   2019 (P) till (14.07.2019) |
|-----------|------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh         |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |                            0 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh      |      3 |      2 |      0 |      0 |      0 |                            0 |
| 3         | Assam                  |    165 |    135 |     92 |     87 |     94 |                           76 |
| 4         | Bihar                  |      2 |     12 |     25 |     11 |     11 |                            1 |
| 5         | Delhi                  |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |                            0 |
| 6         | Goa                    |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |                            0 |
| 7         | Haryana                |      1 |      0 |      0 |      1 |      0 |                            0 |
| 8         | Jharkhand              |      2 |      8 |      5 |      1 |      0 |                            2 |
| 9         | Karnataka              |      0 |      1 |      0 |      2 |      5 |                            0 |
| 10        | Kerala                 |      2 |      1 |      0 |      0 |      2 |                            0 |
| 11        | Maharashtra            |      0 |      0 |      1 |      0 |      1 |                            1 |
| 12        | Manipur                |      0 |      0 |      1 |     10 |      3 |                            1 |
| 13        | Meghalaya              |      3 |      8 |      4 |      4 |      6 |                            2 |
| 14        | Nagaland               |      0 |      0 |      0 |      2 |      0 |                            0 |
| 15        | Odisha                 |      0 |      2 |     42 |      0 |      0 |                            1 |
| 16        | Punjab                 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      1 |      0 |                            0 |
| 17        | Tamil Nadu             |      3 |      0 |      0 |      2 |      0 |                            0 |
| 18        | Telengana              |      0 |      1 |      0 |      0 |      0 |                            0 |
| 19        | Tripura                |      0 |      4 |      1 |      0 |      0 |                            0 |
| 20        | Uttar Pradesh          |     34 |     42 |     73 |     93 |     25 |                            2 |
| 21        | Uttarakhand            |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |                            0 |
| 22        | West Bengal            |     78 |     75 |     39 |     40 |     35 |                            4 |
| Total     | Total                  |    293 |    291 |    283 |    254 |    182 |                           90 |