DEADLY JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS SURGES IN
ASSAM
Posted date: Monday, July 27, 2015
Cases of deadly mosquito-borne Japanese encephalitis have risen significantly in Assam as a result of warming weather and changing rainfall.
A class 10 student died in Tezpur on Monday. Another man from Nagaon died in GMCH in Guwahati.
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Why can?t Assam stop Japanese Enchaphalitis?
By TNT News on July 27, 2015Comments Off on Why can?t Assam stop Japanese Enchaphalitis?
Syeda Ambia Zahan
For the Assam Health department, if a person is above seventy, the government does not have to take care of his health as he is approaching towards the end of his life. In a state where a nearly eighty-year-old man heads the highest authority as the CM, in the full of his capacity and strength such notions of some officers heading the various health programs in the state simply ridicule the mind.
?Actually most of the JE deaths are occurring among the people aged above 65. This is because these people were not vaccinated.? One high official of the NRHM said to this correspondent when enquired about the scenario regarding the Japanese Encephalitis death.
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The pilot project of child vaccination of JE started in 1987-88 and then it stopped. Again the pilot project, this time adult vaccination started in 2011. The pilot project covered nine districts of upper Assam. But for some unknown reason the health authorities felt that there is no need to vaccinate the people from the lower part of Assam. As a result of which no vaccination drive was carried out in later years and now everyone can see the results. In 2014, the outbreak that occurred in first week of June saw maximum fatalities from lower Assam districts of Barpeta and Nalbari. Same is the case this time.
To utter surprise, the districts covered under the pilot project in 2011, also have been seeing JE deaths.
?Actually the vaccine that is being supplied is not enough to cover cent percent population. The pilot project covered 70% .
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http://thenortheasttoday.com/why-cant-assam-stop-japanese-enchaphalitis/
Union team in Assam to examine Japanese encephalitis data
GUWAHATI, JUL 26 (Agencies)
ublished on 27 Jul. 2015 1:16 AM IST
A two-member team from the Union health ministry met state health officials and studied Japanese encephalitis (JE) data for all districts of Assam, said State surveillance officer (SSO) of the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) B C Bhagawati on Saturday.
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The Union ministry of health on Saturday announced that three teams, comprising specialist doctors and paramedics, will be soon dispatched to Assam to take stock of the situation.
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West Bengal
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If vaccination of all districts in the northern jei sbasthyakartara
Correspondent
Siliguri and Alipurduar, July 7, 015, 020129
All the districts in the northern Japanese enasephyalaitisera preventive vaccination is necessary to recommend to the members of the delegation of the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital authorities reported. The team reached the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital on Sunday. Lohia Hospital neurologist ramamanohara delegation in New Delhi, the center of a bug-hunter and haijinera Director of All India insastitiu. The delegation held talks with the authorities of North Bengal Medical College and Hospital. They attacked the Japanese enasephyalaitisa and acute enasephyalaitisa sinadrame and collected information about the dead. They marched towards the evening Jalpaiguri. Over two days, they Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar alipuduyara will turn the situation.
North Bengal Development Minister Gautam Deb said, '' about the situation on the part of the state health department was always in coordination with the Centre. Bhairolajite regular samples are sent to the National insastitiu of Pune. That is the central expert team. In the northern districts of preventive measures that will help the delegation hoped that opinion. ''
Ahaluoyaliya Darjeeling MP Surendra Singh said, he Darjeeling chief health officer of the data from the disease, the Health Minister about the situation. The delegation also requested to send. Ramamanohara Lohia Hospital and North Bengal Medical College Hospital as the nodal center that is just part of the job. The MP said the health of all the kingdoms of the disease under control will help. ''
The delegation met with the medical Bengal Jalpaiguri chief health officer.
Enasephyalaitise Japanese attack at one of the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital patients died. He died on Saturday night. North Bengal Medical College and Hospital sources said the deceased name is Pushpa Roy (75). Deuniyapara police station area in Jalpaiguri. He was admitted with fever, convulsions July 3.
Medical sources said the region, North Bengal Medical College Hospital from January 4 people have been killed so far. At least 3 people were affected jei his dead-on. The last four days have killed five people in eiesa Alipurduar- hospital. One of them is a resident of Assam. Hospital sources have revealed, on Thursday, a man and a woman died in the hospital. On Friday, a woman died while referring to North Bengal Medical College. Phakiragramera resident of Assam on Saturday laksmibala Barman (45) and Samir kumaragramera tirake (X) has the death. The blood samples were tested from different districts, including many of the cuts jei. Jei virus in the body of the missing, many of them in the second round matched the test jei. So doctors in eiesa faction claimed the reason was sick patients identified, but the germ infections in North jei more.
Jei eiesa in the last three years, and the patient died over the bar. Last year, 160 people were killed. The experts had he lived. Without jei, they had the possibility of infection from the water. Shortly after the first of this year's vaccination program is jei total of 9 blocks in three districts of North Bengal. However, in most cases within 54 blocks of the vaccine has not been possible due to lack of adequate supply of vaccine. Jei on behalf of the central government is to supply vaccines.
http://www.anandabazar.com/health/anti-encephalitis-vaccine-must-for-north-bengal-1.182910#
