<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>
Vaccine Vial Monitors to allay apprehensions of public regarding the dosage’s potency A total of 3.39 lakh children in the age group of zero to five years have been targeted in Coimbatore district during the first phase of 18{+t}{+h}annual Pulse Polio Programme on Sunday (January 20). To allay public apprehensions on efficacy of the vaccine, Deputy Director of Health Services R. Damodharan informed that all vials contain ‘Vaccine Vial Monitors,’ a thermo-sensitive paper containing a white square inside a blue circle that would reflect the temperature of the vaccine which was susceptible to heat variations.
Inactivated virus vaccine could deliver the final blow.
Six more children died of measles in different villages of Dadu district on Tuesday as people continued to wait for the health department’s vaccination teams, supposed to be sent to the areas affected
Delhi-based biotechnology company Panacea Biotec is awaiting a nod from the World Health Organization (WHO) to resume supplying vaccines for the world immunisation programme from its units at Lalru (Haryana) and Baddi (Himachal Pradesh). Speaking to Business Standard, a senior company official said, “We expect WHO officials to visit our units in Lalru and Baddi for prequalification next month. Recently, we had shifted the Easyfive pentavalent vaccine to our new unit in Baddi and once the plant is approved by WHO, we will be able to resume supplies for its immunisation programme.”
Cholera reappeared in Haiti in October, 2010 after decades of absence. Cases were first detected in Artibonite region and in the ensuing months the disease spread to every department in the country. The
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre on a public interest writ petition against licensing of and trials with the unproven human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines, ostensibly to treat cervical cancer. The petition, by Kalpana Mehta and other health activists, cited the Drugs Controller-General of India (DCGI), the Indian Council of Medical Research and others as respondents. It said Gardasil and Cervarix were hazardous HPV vaccines marketed in India by MSD Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd. (a subsidiary of Merck) and GlaxoSmithKline Ltd.
The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Centre’s response on a PIL accusing multinational pharma giant Glaxo Smithkline of having conducted unauthorised trials of its cancer vaccine on tribal girls. A bench headed by Justice KS Radhakrishnan, while seeking reply from the health ministry, also directed the Christian Medical College, Vellore, to examine the medical records of the seven girls who have allegedly died during such trials, and submit a report to it.
The Awami National Party-led provincial government has completed development projects worth Rs229 million in livestock and dairy development sector during last four and a half years in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
KARACHI – The World Health Organisation has announced that it is starting a large measles vaccination campaign targeting 2.9 million children in eight districts of Sindh as an emergency response to the
Direct cash transfers may curb migration among those who need to be at their native place to benefit from cash transfer The country’s poor are bracing for what is dubbed as a potential game changer in the delivery of development. To monetise its support for the poor, the government has announced direct cash transfer of subsidies to the bank accounts of beneficiaries. To start with, the government will implement the system in 51 districts and extend it to the rest of the country by the end of 2013.
