Japanese Encephalitis -- India
CM Yogi Adityanath's Lok Sabha constituency of Gorakhpur has witnessed at least 114 deaths due to acute encephalitis syndrome [AES] this year [2017].
According to the Newspaper, AES is an umbrella classification under which comes the diseases Japanese encephalitis (JE), water-borne encephalitis, and scrub typhus, among others.
As a Member of Parliament, Adityanath had actively raised the issue. In the last 2 days, 16 new cases of AES and 3 deaths were reported from Baba Raghav Das (BRD)
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2uBHVvr
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