Lucknow, Aug. 3 -- Japanese Encephalitis, which was an epidemic in Purvanchal of Uttar Pradesh till 2017, has currently reduced to a single digit, according to UP health officials.
The spread of Acute Encephalitis (AES), another form of JE, has also reduced, they added.
Officials said due to the efforts being made by the government against the communicable diseases, Japanese Encephalitis is inching closer to eradication.
For the last more than five decades, this disease was synonymous with death in Purvanchal. Every year thousands of children died prematurely.
When Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath took over in 2017, he gave the eradication of the disease the form of a mass movement. For this, a coordination committee of 17 departments w...