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. …
Two-year-old Khushi Kumari loves racing with her siblings and at the end of each run she gives out a hearty laugh. The only time she breaks into fits of inconsolable crying is when approached by a stranger. “She fears she would get injections again,” said her mother Dinapati Yadav of …
Chief Minister PK Dhumal formally launched the first phase of the pulse polio immunisation campaign-2010 by administering drops of medicine to infants and by flagging off of mobile pulse polio van from Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhayay Hospital, here today. He said 7.17 lakh children, up to five years of age, …
Meghalaya Chief Secretary WMS Pariat on Saturday claimed that no polio cases was detected in the State during the last 12 years. Pariat who administered polio drops to the children in Ganesh Das Hospital in Shillong to mark the inauguration of the Pulse Polio Immunization programme in the State of …
After a long dilly-dallying, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has informed the Tripura Government of sending 50,000 doses of meningitis vaccines to undertake an immunisation drive in the disease-hit areas, official sources said here on Monday. An official communique from the Emergency Medical Relief (EMR), a body …
LUCKNOW: Members of the Indian cricket team RP Singh, Suresh Raina, Mohd Kaif and Akash Chopra played a different innings on Monday. The match was entero virus which causes polio in children and cripples them for life. The social face of the cricket stars bowled over Lucknowites, while they shattered …
After a gap of three years, Himachal Pradesh has been re-infected with the polio virus as a two-and-a-half-year-old male child of a migrant labourer from Uttar Pradesh, who lives in Solan district of Himachal Pradesh, has tested positive with wild type-3 polio virus. The child has a history of constant …
LUCKNOW: The additional round of polio immunisation began here on Sunday with district magistrate Amit Ghosh administering polio drops to children at the Aishbagh Eidgah. As many as 2.60 lakh children were administered polio drops at various booths across the district. Giving information, chief medical officer Dr AK Shukla said …
The broad picture of immunisation in Africa is one of excellent progress and enthusiastic energy, with amazing advances having been made since the turn of the century. There has been a large drop in mortality due to measles, and about a third of countries now use a three dose regimen …
A study conducted by a city-based NGO, Calcutta Samiratans, revealed that most of the KMC-run schools and the state-run primary schools do not provide mid-days meals to the children. The study covered 11 KMC and state-run schools in the city. Mrs Reshmi Ganguly, co-ordinator of Calcutta Samaritans said one of …
LUCKNOW: The type-1 polio virus could be on the verge of eradication, says a recent study conducted in Moradabad district of UP. The aim of the study was to evaluate the residual immunity gap among children in western Uttar Pradesh and adapt future strategies in this regard. It began with …
GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals (GSK) recently cut a deal with the Brazilian government, which allows it to supply a 10-valent vaccine against childhood pneumonia and other life-threatening infections for a decade at a fixed price in a reflection of the growing importance of vaccines and emerging markets to Big Pharma. The contract, …
Teena Thacker With the government planning to introduce H1N1 vaccine by December this year, a crucial meeting to discuss the scientific rationale related to the new vaccine will be held between health experts and manufacturers on October 13. The manufacturers
The State of the world's vaccines and immunization is a call to action to governments and donors to sustain and increase funding for immunization in order to build upon the progress made so far in meeting the global goals. It focuses on the major developments in vaccines and immunization since …
The head of the World Health Organisation said on Sunday that the swine flu virus has apparently not yet mutated into a more serious disease and that the development of vaccines was proceeding on track. The vaccines for (A) H1N1 influenza produced so far have been very effective, WHO Director-General …
The government would launch a pilot project in polio-affected areas of the country in order to create a database of every inoculated or vaccinated child. The database will have contact details of each child to verify if he or she has actually been immunised or not. The health authorities would …
