World malaria report 2023
<p>India topped countries in the South-East Asia region for the most number of malaria cases and deaths in 2022, according to this report published by the World Health Organization (WHO).</p>
Vaccination
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Order of the Bombay High Court regarding door to door COVID-19 vaccination for elderly and disabled citizens, 22/04/2021
<p>Order of the Bombay High Court in the matter of Dhruti Kapadia & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 22/04/2021.</p> <p>The petitioners (practicing advocates) filed the application appealing
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Rapid review: perceptions of Covid-19 vaccines in South Africa
As of April 19, 2021, South Africa has recorded 1.56 million COVID-19 cases and almost 54,000 deaths – more than any other country on the African continent. The country has begun the national rollout of
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How to End the COVID-19 Pandemic by March 2022
How can the world reach herd immunity against COVID-19 before the second anniversary of the pandemic, or March 2022? A study of vaccine demand and supply answers this question. A target of vaccinating
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Order of the Allahabad High Court regarding steps taken to tackle COVID-19 in Uttar Pradesh, 06/04/2021
<p>Order of the Allahabad High Court in the matter of In-Re inhuman condition at quarantine centres and for providing better treatment to corona positive Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 06/04/2021.</p>
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South Asia Economic Focus, Spring 2021: South Asia Vaccinates
South Asia region’s economies are beginning to recover, though unevenly: economic activity in industry and export sectors have recovered to pre-COVID levels but some labor-intensive services sectors and
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Draft landscape of COVID-19 candidate vaccines
<p>These landscape documents have been prepared by the World Health Organization (WHO) for information purposes only concerning the 2019-2020 global of the novel coronavirus. Inclusion of any particular
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Conscientious vaccination exemptions in kindergarten to eighth-grade children across Texas schools from 2012 to 2018: A regression analysis
<p><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">As conscientious vaccination exemption (CVE) percentages rise across the United States, so does the
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Progress towards measles elimination – China, January 2013–June 2019
<p>In 2005, countries in WHO Western Pacific Region, including China, resolved to eliminate measles by 2012 or as soon as feasible thereafter. As of 2018, 92 of the 37 countries or areas in the Region
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WHO report on cancer- setting priorities, investing wisely & providing care for all
<p><img alt="" src="https://cdn.downtoearth.org.in/dte/userfiles/images/cancer.jpg" style="width: 333px; height: 200px; margin: 14px; float: left;" />Global cancer burden is still increasing and if current
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High cholera vaccination coverage following emergency campaign in Haiti: Results from a cluster survey in three rural Communes in the South Department, 2017
<p>Oral cholera vaccine (OCV) has increasingly been used as an outbreak control measure, but vaccine shortages limit its application.<a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/cholera-vaccination-Haiti.pdf"