Report of the Committee formed by the government of Uttar Pradesh in Original Application No. 116 of 2014 in the matter of Meera Shukla Vs MC, Gorakhpur & Others. In compliance with the orders of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Principal Bench, New Delhi, the government of Uttar Pradesh constituted …
Every year, as this season rolls around, Gorakhpur and surrounding districts in eastern Uttar Pradesh are ravaged by a form of encephalitis, which causes brain inflammation and kills hundreds of people. This year, over 250 children have died and many more disabled by the disease. In no other place in …
State government will undertake immunisation for Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in the eastern region of the state from November. Nearly 75 lakhs viols of JE vaccines will be administered to children between 1-15 years of age. Health Minister AK Mishra during an interaction with union health ministry officials finalised the plans …
LUCKNOW: After a protracted cold war with the Centre over supply of dubious quality of Japanese Encephalitis vaccine, things finally begin to look up for UP. The state is all set to receive a consignment of fresh vaccine from new Delhi in September. The Union ministry of health and family …
DIBRUGARH, Aug 4: Japanese encephalitis (JE) has claimed at least four lives in Dibrugarh district. According to official sources, four persons died of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in the district since January. Twenty persons were found suffering from the disease during this period. On the other hand, seventy-four cases of Acute …
Shastry V. Mallady It helps State health officials in preventing disease outbreak MADURAI: A new surveillance tool developed here by scientists of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for preventing outbreak of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) was handed over to the Tamil Nadu Public Health Department on Sunday. The Centre …
Lucknow: The Centre-state spat over the quality of Japanese encephalitis vaccine may cost 3.7 crore eastern UP kids dear. On Monday, UP government called off the vaccination drive at the eleventh hour after the state health machinery developed cold feet over dubious quality of vaccine vial sent by the Centre. …
Rajahmundry, March 23: Health authorities are carrying out an entomological survey to find out the density of larvae and vector in stagnant waters in rural, urban and Agency areas to help authorities initiate preventive measures and ensure that people do not fall victim to vector- borne diseases like malaria, filaria, …
There are separate national programmes to eliminate malaria and filaria. This despite the fact that both the diseases are caused by the same vector and can be easily covered under the national vector borne diseases control programme. Citing this example, health activists in eastern Uttar Pradesh reiterated their demand for …
An experimental vaccine provided 100% protection against the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus in primates and mice, offering hope it will work for humans too, a new study found. The team, led by Gary Nagel of the US National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, says human trials will start within a …
Patralekha Chatterjee COPENHAGEN SHOWED how fast and far India has traveled geo-politically. The same, alas, cannot be said about the health of the nation. On the international stage, India's relentless focus on equity made us proud. The time has come to apply that principle at home. India's ailing health delivery …
A special campaign I will be launched to t create awareness about hygiene and sanitation The government has announced that it will be setting up a special research group under the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to study the spread of Japanese encephalitis in certain part of eastern Uttar …
After the wastage of over 20 lakh doses of the Japanese Encephalitis vaccine in Uttar Pradesh and other parts of the country in past two years, the China-based manufacturer has finally agreed to upgrade the vaccine vial monitors put on JE vaccine supplied to India. The UP government had, in …
Assuming almost epidemic proportions in southern Bihar, cerebral malaria has caused the death of 34 children in Gaya district in a month while 115 children are undergoing treatment for the disease at a hospital there. The death of 34 children at the Anugraha Narayan Magadh Medical College and Hospital (ANMMCH) …
FORTY-FOUR people died of Japanese encephalitis, a viral infection, at the Assam Medical College Hospital in Dibrugarh on July 28. The same day another 68 patients suffering from the viral disease were admitted to the hospital that receives patients from across the state. T R Borborah, principal of the medical …
DIBRUGARH, Sept 8: Thirteen people have died of Japanese encephalitis (JE) in Dibrugarh district since January this year. According to Chief Medical Officer of the Health Department, Dr DN Bangthai, 86 cases were reported in these months from six blocks of the district and 57 of them were confirmed cases …
