Guwahati: Assam on Sunday started adult vaccination programme for Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in Sivsagar district, becoming the first state to undertake adult vaccination in the country.
State Health Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sharma inaugurated the programme at Geleki in the district.
The Assam government on Sunday launched the country’s first-ever project of a vaccination drive against Japanese encephalitis, with a target of covering eight lakh people in the worst-affected Siva
Guwahati: Assam health department will launch an experimental adult vaccination drive as a preventive against deadly Japanese encephalitis in Sivasagar district of Assam, according to Assam Health Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sharma.
The health department has decided to propose a mass adult vaccination drive in Sivasagar district for everyone above 15 years to curb the spread of encephalitis.
The move comes in view of rising number of encephalitis cases in the district.
Vaccination below 15 years is already being done across the state.
- NGO identifies three endangered species in different pockets of Sivasagar district
Jorhat: Seven Look, an NGO, has launched several awareness schemes in Upper Assam to conserve turtles.
Sivasagar, March 24: The Sivasagar health department and the ONGC are working in tandem to tackle cancer, especially in the rural areas of the district.
While the health department is planning to revive the cancer detection ambulance, which had been lying idle for sometime now, the ONGC has invited the country
- Translocated tiger located after eight months; forest official attacked at Islampur
Forest officials heaved sigh of relief when a Royal Bengal tiger, captured in Sivasagar district after being embroiled in man-animal conflict and released at Manas National Park after being fitted with a radio collar about eight months ago, was located a couple of days back.
With an annual turnover of over Rs 760 crores in 2010, rubber cultivation in the Northeastern States has emerged a major player in the economy of the region.
