Wednesday, 16 August 2017

PRO/AH/EDR> Japanese encephalitis & other - India (14)

Japanese Encephalitis, Encephalitis -- India
The deaths of scores of children in a Gorakhpur [Uttar Pradesh, UP] hospital have put the focus on acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) and Japanese encephalitis (JE) but these deadly diseases have been creating havoc in Uttar Pradesh and other states for years.
As per the data on the website of the Directorate of National Vector-Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP), since [1 Jan to 13 Aug 2017], 1208 cases of AES have been reported in UP, and of these, 152 resulted in the death of the

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2wR5jYg

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