Kerala stares at explosive outbreaks of hepatitis A in future unless it gets its acts together

Since the past two decades, Kerala has been experiencing several large and small hepatitis A outbreaks. It needs to evolve a specific strategy to combat the infection, focussing not just on stringent water quality surveillance and food safety norms but also a vaccination strategy to supplement these efforts.

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