Encephalitis deaths drop by 66% in East UP in 2018
While a big vaccination drive was launched for JE, a massive sanitation and information campaign was launched this year to check cases of AES, which has no vaccine.
By Aman Sharma, ET Bureau
NEW DELHI: In some relief to the Yogi Adityanath government, deaths due to encephalitis dropped in the 14 most-affected East Uttar Pradesh districts by over 66% last year from 2017 when such deaths had dominated the headlines.
UP?s Health Minister Sidharth Nath Singh informed the UP assembly in a written answer on Monday that 187 people died due to encephalitis in 2018 against 553 such deaths in 2017. The number of encephalitis cases reported in 14 districts of East UP also dropped from ..
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While a big vaccination drive was launched for JE, a massive sanitation and information campaign was launched this year to check cases of AES, which has no vaccine.
By Aman Sharma, ET Bureau
NEW DELHI: In some relief to the Yogi Adityanath government, deaths due to encephalitis dropped in the 14 most-affected East Uttar Pradesh districts by over 66% last year from 2017 when such deaths had dominated the headlines.
UP?s Health Minister Sidharth Nath Singh informed the UP assembly in a written answer on Monday that 187 people died due to encephalitis in 2018 against 553 such deaths in 2017. The number of encephalitis cases reported in 14 districts of East UP also dropped from ..
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