japanese encephalitis

By bringing down the number of deaths in the state caused by Japanese Encephalitis to zero so far this year, the Yogi Adityanath government has achieved what was unthinkable until a few years ago

CM Yogi Adityanath said on Saturday that there have been Zero Japanese Encephalitis deaths so far in 2023.

Dr Kafeel Khan was named as the main accused in the case of multiple deaths of children due to lack of oxygen cylinders at Gorakhpur's Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College in 2017, where he worked as a paediatrician.

Clean tap water reached to over 1 crore households in 61 vulnerable districts across five states under the Modi govt's flagship Jal Jeevan Mission.

Uttar Pradesh is prepared for the anticipated third wave of Covid-19, said CM Yogi during the press conference.

The BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur, which used to see 500-600 cases of hospitalization of children afflicted with Encephalitis in the month of August since the last 40 years, has now seen only 86 cases in August this year.

The United Nations Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) had praised the Uttar Pradesh government led by CM Yogi Adityanath for successfully immunising all children of the state against Japanese Encephalitis and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome. 

UNICEF's India chief says countrywide efforts in healthcare, newborn care and immunisation has been instrumental in bringing down infant death rates in the country.

He urged Shabana Azmi to call out the Muslim community for the orthodoxy and anti-vaccination propaganda.

The Dastak programme was launched in collaboration with the UNICEF to help eradicate Japanese Encephalitis from the state