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 …
Deadly Japanese encephalitis has so far taken the lives of 75 people since its breakout in the eastern part of the state, officials of the National Health Mission, said on Sunday. Officials claimed that to prevent deaths caused by the disease, UP Government has converted 100 of its primary health …
The encephalitis in north Bengal has reached 108, with three more deaths being reported from North Bengal Medical College and Hospital on Wednesday. At least 370 cases of infection have been referred to NBMCH and Jalpaiguri Hospital in the last fortnight, said a senior official of NBMCH. Meanwhile, a team …
Directive to involve panchayats in a big way Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Wednesday directed the health authorities in the State to carry out intensive fogging and an awareness campaign on a war-footing in areas affected by outbreak of Japanese Encephalitis and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome. Mr. Gogoi issued the …
In a major achievement for Goa’s health sector, not a single polio case has been reported in the last 17 years with Health Department dishing out regular oral polio vaccine doses as part of the nationwide programs. PANJIM: In a major achievement for Goa’s health sector, not a single polio …
Union Health Minister writes to CM expressing concern Concerned with the deaths due to acute encephalitis syndrome and Japanese encephalitis, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Harsh Vardhan has written to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee informing her that the Centre is sending teams to the State. In …
Municipalities moving piggeries out of human habitation. With the State grappling with the rising number of encephalitis cases, the West Bengal government has decided to conduct an entomological survey in north Bengal and directed the municipalities to move the piggeries located in towns outside human habitation. Speaking to The Hindu …
Scientific investigations into the outbreak of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) in West Bengal, which has claimed 105 lives since June, have revealed a pesticide has been found “above minimum safe limits” in the chemical analysis of litchi samples from Malda, but asserted that it was too early to “confirm its …
Guwahati: Japanese Encephalitis has claimed 43 lives and affected 311 people so far in nine districts of Assam this year with Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi directing health department officials to effectively tackle the spread of the disease. Lower Assam districts of Barpeta, Kamrup (Rural), Darrang and Nalbari districts have been …
Siliguri, 21 July: The director of health services (DHS), Biswaranjan Satpathy, today said 102 persons have died of the acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) in seven districts of north Bengal so far this year (as of yesterday). He termed the outbreak as alarming as the number of persons who died of …
With six more people dying of encephalitis here since Saturday night, the vector-borne disease has claimed altogether 51 lives in northern West Bengal over the past 18 days, health officials said on Sunday. Six patients admitted to the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMCH) died between Saturday night and …
The death toll in the Japanese encephalitis outbreak in north Bengal went up to 49 on Sunday even as the state government intensified its efforts to control the disease. Forty-nine patients have died in the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMCH) in the last 12 days, Hospital Superintendent Dr …
Four more persons died of 'acute encephalitis syndrome' at the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMCH) today, while the medical college authorities claimed that the number of patients suffering from the disease has gone down. The around 30 patients who died in the past few days all had the …
The Japanese encephalitis (JE)-related death toll in the State has shot up to 29. The number of persons affected by this mosquito-borne disease, which is yet to have a curative treatment, has also shot up to 224 in the State. Sources in the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) …
The Kamrup (Metro) district has recorded at least 19 cases of Japanese Encephalitis and two cases of dengue since June. With the monsoon here, there are fears of more such outbreaks. Dengue has been confirmed in two patients, one of whom was also diagnosed with Japanese Encephalitis on Friday. "The …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced the decision of the government to introduce four new vaccines as part of India’s Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP). Vaccines against rotavirus, rubella and polio (injectable) will now be provided to all Indian children free of cost. The idea is to expedite India’s progress on …
India will provide four new vaccines free of cost as part of a programme to reduce child mortality, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said. They include one for rotavirus, which kills thousands of children a year. The disease causes dehydration and severe diarrhoea. It spreads via contaminated hands and surfaces, …
GAYA: The somewhat untimely outbreak of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) has taken health officials by surprise and all out efforts are now being made to fight the menace with effective actions of both the treatment and prevention variety. ANMMCH, Gaya, has so far reported 17 AES cases and eight casualties. …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency Varanasi is on the verge of a major Japanese encephalitis (JE) outbreak owing to its burgeoning pig population and scores of piggeries owned by more than 200 families. Head of the Molecular Biology unit at the Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU, Dr Sunit Kumar Singh, …
