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 …
In view of the Government vaccination programme against Japanese Encephalitis from May 4-15 in Kamrup (Metro) district, the administration under Section 144 CrPC has prohibited voluntary organisations, and private doctors and individuals from doing vaccination on their own before 28 days or after the Government programme, an official release said.
As well as dengue fever (DF) and dengue haemorrhagic fever-dengue shock syndrome (DHF/DSS), other atypical manifestations of dengue virus infection have also been reported. The frequency of CNS involvement in dengue remains unknown, although isolated cases with neurological manifestations have been reported in Southeast Asia, Malaysia, Burma, Puerto Rico and …
Nigerian researchers from the University of Ibadan and the Federal University of Technology say that some drug and vaccine testing could be done in goats rather than primates. Their research suggests an encephalitis retrovirus infecting goats provides insight into the neuropathology of HIV-induced dementia.
LUCKNOW: The dreaded Japanese Encephalitis (JE) virus has, till now, claimed 398 lives in eastern UP with five more children succumbing to the virus in the past 36 hours. According to official sources, the number of patients suffering from Japanese Encephalitis who have been admitted to the Baba Raghav Das …
Lucknow, September 24 A stock of 4.6 lakh vaccines for Japanese Encephalitis (JE) has lost potency due to a fault in maintenance of the cold chain at the Government Medical Store Depot (GMSD) in Karnal, a Health Ministry probe has revealed.
LUCKNOW, SEPTEMBER 14 After an inspection, experts have found that a large number of vaccine vial monitors (VVM, which is the potency indicator) on Japanese Encephalitis vaccine stored at the Government Medical Store Depot (GMSD), Karnal in Haryana, have reached stage 2 of exposure to heat. The implication is that …
Atiq Khan LUCKNOW: With at least two dozen districts of Uttar Pradesh reeling under the impact of rain-related diseases, the worst may not yet be over for them, despite the decline in floods and a respite from the prolonged spell of monsoon. Over 400 people have died of viral fever, …
Japanese Encephalitis (JE), the disease known to be common in plain areas of the country, which kills hundreds of people every year, is increasing. Moreover, it has also been diagnosed among people living in Kathmandu Valley. Tula Kumari, 65 of Basundhara, Kathmandu is receiving treatment for JE for the last …
Lucknow: In February last year, the Allahabad high court termed the outbreak of Japanese encephalitis (JE) in the eastern UP "a national emergency'. Coming down heavily of the authorises, Justice Sunil Ambwani expressed displeasure over inadequate remedial measures taken both by the Centre and the state and demanded a prompt …
Japanese encephalitis has broken out in different parts of Dhemaji district. It may be mentioned that Ankur Purkayastha (9 months) of Sila gaon died of Japanese encephalitis recently and four children from different places of the district are still under treatment at Dhemaji Civil Hospital. They are Rohini Panging (6) …
Despite huge investments in the health sector and vast manpower deployed, Uttar Pradesh has become a cauldron of diseases. Every second child in the state is under the threat of being attacked by diseases like encephalitis, measles, polio, dengue, malaria, tuberculosis, not to talk of diseases like diarrhoea of which …
Islampur : At least 12 children have died of an unknown fever in villages of two gram panchayats in North Dinajpur over the past four days. The outbreak of the fever has prompted the district health department to send a team of doctors to the affected villages in Rasakhawa and …
The state government has decided to immunise all children between 1 to 15 years of age in Ambala district against Japanese Encephalitis (JE) this year. A meeting to implement the Japanese Encephalitis Vaccination Campaign to be started next month was held under the chairmanship of Dr Satvir Chaudhary, director health …
Japanese encephalitis immunization campaign started on April 2 completed successfully with an achievement of 92.3% of the target covering 4,19,965 children between age group of 1 to 15 years of age. A workable strategy was chalked out in the first District Task Force meeting held recently at DC Conference Hall, …
acne and Japanese encephelitis (je) cannot really be spoken of in the same bracket. But if the results of a new study by the National Brain Research Centre in Manesar are validated, patients infected with the deadly virus might get the same treatment as adolescents with acne blotches. A simple …
THE government may increase the number of days on which vaccines are administered under the State's vaccination drive, Director of Public Health and Medicine Dr P Padmanabhan has said. As of now, vaccines are administered every Wednesday by Village Health Nurses, usually in schools or anganwadis. With the State Government's …
As a part of an awareness drive against Japanese Encephalitis, a vaccination camp will be organized by the NRHM from April 2 to April 22 targetting children between 1 to 15 years of age. A rally was taken out from Old Dak Bunglow here today. Tinsukia Deputy Commissioner KK Dwevedi …
