Meanwhile, BBMP could achieve 35 per cent of vaccination target on Wednesday (up to 7 pm). The maximum vaccination was achieved in Mahadevapura zone with 74 per cent while the lowest was in Bommanahalli with 11 per cent achievement.
Sasakawa-India Leprosy Foundation (SILF)
Sasakawa Leprosy (Hansen’s Disease) Initiative, MoHFW and WHO Strengthen the Fight Against Leprosy With Launch of Flipchart for ASHA Workers
Thursday, January 28, 2021 12:30PM IST (7:00AM GMT)
To promote early detection and treatment of leprosy
in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Odisha, and West Bengal
WHO India to launch short online video to teach ASHAs how to effectively use the Flipchart
Flipchart to reach over 3 Lakh ASHAs
With Anti Leprosy Day on 30
th January 2021, the WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination Mr. Yohei Sasakawa (Recipient Gandhi Peace Prize 2018), Sasakawa Leprosy (Hansen’s Disease) Initiative, National Leprosy Eradication Programme (NLEP) of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of India (MoHFW), and WHO India today jointly launched a pictorial flipchart on leprosy for Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs).
So far, 16 persons have reported complications after getting the jab in the district
The death of 42-year-old Accredited Social Health Activist B. Vijayalakshmi at the Government General Hospital is due to post-vaccinal Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM), which is a rare event (1 in 1.5 lakh cases), according to a senior doctor.
ADEM is an autoimmune condition that is associated with post-vaccine complications, said a senior neurologist.
“A patient is affected by ADEM when the antibodies in the vaccine react with antigens in the brain. The condition is associated with 20 to 30% of mortality, but it is completely curable,’’ said the doctor.
A histopathological (post-mortem) examination would provide the conclusive analysis and the case study would prove valuable insights into the Adverse Events Followed by Immunisation (AEFI). The AEFI committee has been formed to handle post-vaccinal complications and 16 AEFI cases have been reported so far in the district.
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Days after being vaccinated for COVID-19, Bokka Vijayalakshmi, a 42-year-old Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) from Undavalli in Andhra Pradesh, died at the Government General Hospital (GGH) on Sunday. In Telangana, a 45-year-old female healthcare worker died, four days after receiving a vaccine.
Vijayalakshmi, along with other doctors and staff members, got the vaccine from the first vial at the Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Tadepalli. Doctors said the woman might have died due to Thrombogenic Ischemic Demyelination, a brain stroke.
Ischemic Demyelination is a condition listed among those falling under Adverse Events Following Immunisation (AEFI), but an investigation was being carried out by the State AEFI Committee.