Immunisation

Teena Thacker

The team from the Union Health Ministry probing the death of four infants during a routine immunisation drive in Mohanlalganj near Lucknow on Saturday has sent samples of the measles vaccine from the stock to the Central Drug Laboratory Kolkata for further investigations.

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LUCKNOW: After a protracted cold war with the Centre over supply of dubious quality of Japanese Encephalitis vaccine, things finally begin to look up for UP. The state is all set to receive a consignment of fresh vaccine from new Delhi in September.

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    The parliamentary standing committee on health and family welfare has slammed the health ministry for failing to take enough steps to restart the manufacture of vaccines in the three major public sector vaccine manufacturing units and hence raising the costs of the Universal Immunization Programme.

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Chennai: The Government of India has incurred a loss of more than Rs 116 crore by keeping three public sector vaccine labs closed for two years, government audits and RTI applications have revealed.

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Anuradha Mascarenhas

India is well on its way to eradicate the polio virus, according to health officials who show the sharp dip in the number of cases this year as against last year’s as an indication. Largely because of effective surveillance of migrant population and vaccination drive, so far this year only 25 cases have been registered against last year’s 741.

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CUTTACK: Despite Hepatitis B emerging as a significant public health problem that has almost 4 per cent population in its grip, failure to include its vaccines in the immunisation programme has raised consternation among health experts.

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New Delhi: An AIIMS doctor suspected to be suffering from H1N1 infection has been admitted to the intensive care unit at the hospital. Sources said that even though the swine flu was yet to be confirmed, Dr Aarul showed symptoms of the infection and was in a serious condition.

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MUMBAI: It was Pulse Polio Sunday with a difference for about 60% of the children under five years of age who stepped out for the two-drop vaccine. Instead of the usual vaccine, for the first time in Mumbai, bivalent oral polio vaccine (BOPV) was used.

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Calcutta, July 18: Just as India was making progress in checking polio, Bengal threatens to spoil the effort because of what state officials themselves admit to be “complacency”. Four cases of the dangerous P1 form of the infection have been detected in the state this year out of six in the country — a nosedive after the state recorded zero polio cases last year.

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