The month of June is going to be highly crucial for Arunachal Pradesh since it is going to embark on a mission concerning the neonatal healthcare of newborns. District administrations are now making their last minute preparations for ensuring smooth implementation of Rota Virus Vaccination programme in the state through a series of training workshops, meetings, door-to-door awareness campaigns etc.
Deaths of infants due to diarrhoea is common all over the world and is a cause of concern particularly for the developing countries where the overall healthcare structures are far too inadequate to address the issue comprehensively. In 2013, an
But thankfully, biomedical research has come a long way to find out a solution in the form of vaccine, which after prolonged clinical trials, is now very much a part of the overall vaccination plans delivered to children. In simple terms, rotavirus vaccine prevents diarrhoea virus from entering the body of the infant, averting a possible death and thus saving a precious life. In 95 countries where rotavirus vaccine has been introduced, a significant reduction in hospitalisation and death due to this virus has been observed. And 2015 will always be remembered as a landmark year in the medical history of India since it indigenously developed a rotavirus vaccine which is much cheaper than its imported counterpart. Since then more than ten states of the country have started the vaccination programme and are now in a much better position in taming the apparently petty yet lethal rotavirus.
And as it is making debut in Arunachal, extra care and effort must be taken to make sure that it reaches the remotest corner of the state and no infant is left out.