男女羞羞视频在线观看,国产精品黄色免费,麻豆91在线视频,美女被羞羞免费软件下载,国产的一级片,亚洲熟色妇,天天操夜夜摸,一区二区三区在线电影
  Home>News Center>World
         
 

Encephalitis kills 79 children in India
(AP)
Updated: 2005-08-19 09:44

An outbreak of mosquito-borne Japanese encephalitis has killed at least 79 children in a north Indian state over the past week, with dozens of other children in serious condition, officials said Thursday, reported AP.

Local newspapers reported that the death toll could be much higher, as many casualties were going unreported.

"The government is talking about the death of children in government hospitals. What about the children who died in private nursing homes or in villages without medicines?" asked Dr. Radha Mohan Agarwal, an opposition lawmaker and a leading pediatrician in Gorakhpur, the largest city in the worst-affected eastern flank of Uttar Pradesh state.

Japanese encephalitis, which often hits children, is caused by a mosquito-borne virus that attacks the brain. Symptoms of the disease start with a very high fever, followed by seizures, vomiting, then vomiting of blood. Eventually, victims can fall into a coma. Behavioral changes and delirium also often occur.

"I can officially confirm the death of 79 children from encephalitis. At least 182 children are admitted in different government hospitals," O.P. Singh, the state director-general of health, said by telephone from Gorakhpur, 155 miles southeast of Lucknow, the state capital. More than 100 more children are in serious condition, he said.

Most of the affected children are from poor families, local doctors said.

"The government hospitals are full of children suffering from encephalitis. Nine children died overnight and the number is increasing," said Lalit Saxena, a doctor at Gorakhpur's government hospital. "Parents of these children are poor. ... They do not have enough money for treatment."

Encephalitis kills dozens of people each year in Uttar Pradesh, India's largest state, where health services are poor. According to official estimates, about 3,500 people have died of encephalitis in the state over the past 25 years.

The best solution is vaccination, but state health authorities say there isn't enough money to protect all children in the encephalitis-prone areas.

"We do not have the funds. We had a target to vaccinate 7 million children up to the age of 10, but we could vaccinate only 200,000 children," said Singh, the health chief. The government is now seeking the help of UNICEF and the World Health Organization to help meet the target, he said.



Japanese PM launches general election campaign
Katrina slams US Gulf Coast, oil rigs adrift
Japan's 6 parties square off in TV debate
 
  Today's Top News     Top World News
 

President Hu Jintao: Gender equality crucial

 

   
 

Special grants offered to poor students

 

   
 

EU takes steps to unblock China textiles

 

   
 

Farmers sue county for illegal land use

 

   
 

Search for 123 trapped miners suspended

 

   
 

Hurricane Katrina rocks New Orleans

 

   
  Bush promises post-storm help for victims
   
  Sharon: Not all settlements in final deal
   
  Hurricane Katrina rocks New Orleans
   
  Sri Lanka PM focuses on ending civil war
   
  Musharraf warns Pakistan Islamic schools
   
  Katrina may cost insurers $25 bln
   
 
  Go to Another Section  
 
 
  Story Tools  
   
  Related Stories  
   
Ministry: Encephalitis B epidemic in Guangdong under control
   
Vice-Governor: Encephalitis B in Guangdong under control
   
77 people struck down by encephalitis B
  News Talk  
  Are the Republicans exploiting the memory of 9/11?  
Advertisement
         
主站蜘蛛池模板: 虹口区| 阳原县| 沽源县| 甘南县| 壤塘县| 太仓市| 奈曼旗| 满城县| 濮阳县| 金寨县| 闻喜县| 油尖旺区| 乐业县| 阳朔县| 阿拉善左旗| 建平县| 衢州市| 建德市| 靖安县| 辽中县| 乾安县| 宁河县| 凤冈县| 新乐市| 察隅县| 吴忠市| 新安县| 汽车| 海门市| 长泰县| 淅川县| 铜梁县| 外汇| 中山市| 汤原县| 贡觉县| 罗山县| 扶风县| 大渡口区| 汶川县| 新竹市| 福建省| 泸水县| 沿河| 格尔木市| 新丰县| 宜州市| 合阳县| 长治县| 彭水| 聊城市| 宜宾县| 都昌县| 大英县| 濮阳县| 大方县| 金沙县| 宁晋县| 武平县| 兖州市| 万宁市| 法库县| 霍林郭勒市| 同心县| 海原县| 昔阳县| 德令哈市| 苗栗市| 锦屏县| 哈尔滨市| 九龙县| 宿松县| 偃师市| 泽普县| 南漳县| 客服| 定结县| 东乡族自治县| 洛阳市| 嘉荫县| 磐安县| 永吉县|