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Amita Verma
Aug. 25: Even as the nation reels under the impact of the swine flu, Japanese encephalitis (JE), the dreaded disease that strikes in Purvanchal region year after year, has already claimed nearly 200 lives in 2009.

ANAND S.T. DAS
A frightening spread of encephalitis and cerebral malaria in Bihar's northern and southern districts has killed at least 69 children since July first week, underlining what health experts and Opposition leaders have termed as insufficient medical facilities, poverty and lack of hygiene in the state's rural belts.

SIVASAGAR, Aug 9: The State Government will soon set up an encephalitis detection centre in Sivasagar in view of the alarming rise of encephalitis cases in the district. The district, along with Dibrugarh, is the epicentre of encephalitis due to the peculiar susceptible conditions.

LUCKNOW: Former president APJ Abdul Kalam wants polio to be eliminated from the map of Uttar Pradesh. "I want to see UP free from polio," he said at a programme organised by Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University's Research Cell on Monday.

LUCKNOW: Former president APJ Abdul Kalam wants polio to be eliminated from the map of Uttar Pradesh. "I want to see UP free from polio," he said at a programme organised by Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University's Research Cell on Monday.

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Health Department Director Dr K.Shylaja has said that the Japanese encephalitis (Japan fever) vaccination is perfectly safe and that it has not caused any side-effects as was reported.

SIVASAGAR, July 17: Cases of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) have been alarmingly increasing in Sivasagar district since June 26 with 53 JE cases being reported in the district out of which 18 have died so far.

The Sri Lankan Health officials have decided to administer Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine for all the children in the country.

The Epidemic Disease Unit of Sri Lanka Health Ministry confirmed that they have taken this decision after considering the growing number of mosquito-borne Japanese encephalitis cases in the country.