Malaria strikes Munger tribals
People of Bihar were facing the worst forms of nightmare over the past 3 weeks , now the reason isn't the political scenario but the threat of malaria . Malaria , not a new disease to this tropical country , invaded the tribal areas of Munger, 200 km (125 miles) southeast of the state capital, Patna. Thirty-eight people have died of cerebral malaria in this eastern Indian st...Chhattisgarh Government To Set Up Hospital In Bastar For Tribals
Chhattisgarh plans to set up a 100-bed hospital at an estimated cost of Rs.1 billion to improve health facilities in the tribal district of Bastar//. The hospital will also have an attached medical college and is to be located in Jagdalpur, headquarters of Bastar district. Chief Minister Raman Singh's government has made budgetary provisions of Rs.160 million for the medic...Tribals in the Brink of Extinction due to Malnutrition and Diseases
In Kumbaribill, a neglected village nestled near the Similipal wildlife sanctuary in Orissa's Mayurbhanj district, deaths due to malnutrition and diseases are// frequent. "We are dying of government apathy," lamented a villager. "We are poor and helpless because we are locked inside the forests." If the administration and medical system don't start delivering, the tribals here may wel...Efforts Underway to Fight Alcoholism Among Tribals
Chendu, a tribal from Alirajpur in Jhabua district, beat his wife to death. Reason? She asked him to stop drinking. In the same block,// another young man killed his brother with an arrow when the latter tried to extract toddy from the palm trees owned by him. Often the reasons for murders or fatal assaults here are as mundane as someone's hen entering the neighbour's territory or som...