Persons tested positive for the disease will be issued ‘Red Card,' while carriers will the issued ‘Blue Card.' The Health Department authorities said this would help the doctors to identify the tribal people affected by the disease quickly when they go to hospital with some other health problems.

The scientists, from the SCMS Biotechnology Centre here, are confident that the antigen would make diagnosis of the disease more cost-effective, apart from giving accurate results.

Over 200 people have died across the State this year due to the outbreak of Japanese Encephalitis. The organization took out a procession from Ganeshguri towards the Directorate of Health Services at Hengerabari with banners and shouting slogans.

Seventeen people died of AIDS in Bardiya district in the last three years.

Worm infestations, food parasites, Chagas disease, sand fly-transmitted infections and other neglected tropical diseases usually found in Africa and Asia are turning up more often in Europe, accord

South Korean scientists said on Wednesday they have created a glowing dog using a cloning technique that could help find cures for human diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, Yonhap news ag

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The National Rural Health Mission funds the vaccine process, with the UNICEF providing all the technical help. The vaccine is administered at the village health centres, called sub-centres. In Darai village, a few km from Jabalpur, the anganwadi doubles up as health centre to service its 1,100 population.

The agriculture officials would inform about the condition of soil, input required for enriching it, and make them fit for cultivation and assist in selecting crops suitable to the soil condition.