<p>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).</p>
Researchers have developed a new oral diarrhoea vaccine which in a clinical phase I-study has shown promising results to combat the disease that kills 300,000 children per year in the developing world.Enterotoxigenic
ALLAHABAD: When it comes to scripting success stories in terms of vaccinating children, Allahabad district tops the chart among all other 23 districts of the state with a record of administering over 10.7
After bandying its Rs 6,000-crore a year scheme to provide free generic drugs at government health centres and hospitals for a year, the health ministry has now shelved the plan. The reasons are financial
With the only government-run production unit for yellow fever vaccine in Kasauli out of order for nearly two years, most authorised vaccine centres in the country are fast running out of stock. This has
India on Tuesday unveiled its first breakthrough vaccine for severe rotavirus diarrhoea, which kills more than 1 lakh children under five in the country every year. Billed as India’s first social innovation
Hyderabad: With only five per cent of injections used for immunisation and the remaining 95 per cent for therapeutic use, children are often subjected to unnecessary injections, say paediatricians of the
India's success in eliminating wild polioviruses (WPVs) has been acclaimed globally. Since the last case on January 13, 2011 success has been sustained for two years. By early 2014 India could be certified
The Polio Eradication and Endgame Strategic Plan 2013-2018 prepared by WHO addresses the eradication of all polio disease, whether caused by wild poliovirus or circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus, while planning for the backbone of the polio effort to be used for delivering other health services to the world’s most vulnerable children.
London: The world’s first vaccine to help control symptoms of autism has been developed. The vaccine was created by Canada’s University of Guelph researchers for gut bacteria common in autistic children which will help control symptoms of autism. More than 90% of children with autism spectrum disorders suffer from chronic and severe gastrointestinal symptoms of which 75% suffer from diarrhea. The scientists have now developed a carbohydrate-based vaccine against the gut bacteria Clostridium bolteae which is known to play a role in gastrointestinal disorders.
A 25-year, US$10-billion global effort has taken the number of polio cases from hundreds of thousands per year to just hundreds, but it is now struggling to stamp the virus out of its final strongholds
