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WHO to help Bihar fight encephalitis

June 30, 2012
The World Health Organisation is ready to provide all assistance to encephalitis-hit Bihar, according to WHO India representative Nata Menabde. She said that while WHO was ready to provide all assistance for establishing what …

Mysterious encephalitis-like disease claims 36 lives in Bihar

June 8, 2012
The deaths of five more children because of a mysterious disease in Bihar's Muzaffarpur and Gaya districts has taken the death toll to 36 in 10 days, officials said Thursday. The government has yet to identify the cause of the …

Bihar ‘encephalitis-like disease’ toll at 23

June 6, 2012
The encephalitis toll in Bihar is now at 23 with four more children having succumbed to it in Muzzaffarpur and Gaya districts since Monday, officials said Tuesday.The mosquito-borne disease claimed nearly 150 lives last year in …