The number of lives lost due to viral hepatitis infections is increasing and already accounts for 3,500 deaths daily, according to this report by the World Health Organization (WHO). This is the first consolidated WHO report on viral hepatitis epidemiology, service coverage and product access, with improved data for action. …
According to a World Health Organisation Surveillance Officer Even though India is yet to be declared polio-free nation by the World Health Organisation, the year 2011 has something to cheer about for the country in polio eradication drive. The longest polio-free period India has ever had was achieved this year …
United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (Unicef) has appealed to international community for $50.3 million to cover the immediate needs of children and women hit by the recent flood in the country. Unicef official told APP on Wednesday that additional relief supplies for health, nutrition and water are urgently needed …
New Delhi: India has not reported a single polio case in over 200 days. The country’s only polio case reported this year was on January 13 from West Bengal. India has been alert to any sort of import of the virus from neighbouring countries too. The Global Polio Eradication Initiative …
This study is based on EPI (Expanded Program on Immunization) immunization surveys and surveillance of polio, its challenges in immunization and the way forward to overcome these challenges.
The study also raises questions on the timing of first immunisation at 9 months Only one in five children, vaccinated for measles in Delhi, is actually protected against the disease, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). The study, which appeared in the latest issue of the Indian …
Every year, more than one million children under the age of five die as a result of diarrhoea. It is the second-biggest killer in this age group, after pneumonia, and 40% of diarrhoea deaths are caused by rotavirus. That horrific toll could soon fall, thanks to the first major roll-out …
Igor Rudan and colleagues report the results of their consensus building exercise that identified health research priorities to help reduce child mortality from pneumonia.
WHO Sets Alarm Bells Ringing After Deadly Variant Reaches China, Sparks Outbreak Geneva: Pakistan is dubbed as the “epicentre” of global terrorism. Now, the terror-affected country is the hotbed of a deadly strain of polio which threatens to spread globally if not checked. A deadly strain of polio has spread …
LUCKNOW: Mosquitoes are wreaking havoc in the city. Japanese Encephalitis (JE) claimed the life of one Zeeshan (11), who hailed from Gosainganj village, on Monday night. Another patient, Abhishek (4), is a resident of Telibagh area. He is under treatment. Confirming the news, the Lucknow chief medical officer (CMO) said, …
Alarm Raised After 4 Infants In China Infected With The Virus From Pakistan New Delhi: It’s cross-border terror of a different kind. India is on high alert against the deadly polio virus coming into the country from Pakistan and the health ministry has asked the Punjab government to mandatorily vaccinate …
The number of young children who die each day has plunged over the past two decades, new United Nations figures show, but the world is still lagging far behind in efforts to achieve its target for reducing child mortality. Child mortality rates are dropping in every region of the world, …
Gene Therapy Helps Man Fight Leukemia Philadelphia: A year ago, when chemotherapy stopped working against his leukemia, William Ludwig signed up to be the first patient treated in a bold experiment at the University of Pennsylvania. Ludwig, then 65, a retired corrections officer from Bridgeton, NJ, felt his life draining …
In a bid to ensure an effective implementation of immunisation programme, the Union health ministry recently set up a call centre to keep a track and verify children and mothers getting vaccinated across the states. Known as mother and child tracking system centre, so far 80,00,000 pregnant women and 31,00,000 …
The final results of the Phase I prime-boost AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) vaccine trial started in February 2009 and conducted at the two sites — Tuberculosis Research Centre (TRC), Chennai, and the National AIDS Research Institute (NARI), Pune — has shown that the vaccines are safe and their ability …
The poor children have a right to get vaccines that are expensive The condition of basic health infrastructure in Jammu and Kashmir is reflected by the reckless pattern of inoculation for children which does not include vaccines for diseases like chicken pox and hepatitis-A in the government run hospitals where …
A recent Reuters report from London says, international donors led by billionaire Bill Gates pledged $4.3 billion to buy vaccines to protect children in poor countries against potential killers such as diarrhoeal diseases and pneumonia. The funding should allow more than 250 million of world's poorest children to be vaccinated …
Protecting citizens against the financial consequences of illness has long been a key objective of health systems worldwide. In the United Kingdom for example, financial protection—which refers to how far people are protected from the financial consequences of illness—was the fundamental goal when the National Health Service was established in …
The residents of Sardar Sarovar Dam Project affected villages in Alirajpur district of Madhya Pradesh have been deprived of all major programmes initiated by the State Government. Surprisingly, schemes like the PDS, ICDS, MDM, and NREGS are completely dysfunctional in the villages. There is widespread and unchecked corruption in the …
Drug major Ranbaxy On Wednesday said it will spend nearly ¥200 million (over Rs 10 crore) along with parent company Daiichi Sankyo over the next five years to sponsor mobile healthcare field clinics in India, Cameroon and Tanzania. The services will be provided in the fields of basic healthcare, immunisation, …
Sri Lanka Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry said the national immunization program and the immunization schedule will be changed from October 1. The Epidemiology Unit for the first time will include mumps vaccine in the immunization program and introduce the Measles, Mumps, Rubella Vaccine (MMRV) into the program. Earlier …
