The number of deaths among children under the age of five has reduced by half since 1990. Yet over 5 million children are still dying every year from mostly preventable causes. Pneumonia is responsible for nearly 20% of these deaths and is the leading infectious cause of death in this …
COALITION of Civil Society Organisations under the aegis, Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria Partnership for Advocacy in Child and Family Health (PSN-PACFaH) has raised alarm over rising cases of diarrhoea and pneumonia among children in Lagos State despite the availability of effective drugs to combat the scourge. The coalition which made …
“India is responsible for 20 per cent of all pneumonia deaths, which is nearly 3.5 lakh. Uttar Pradesh is at the top of the list in terms of deaths in India,” said Dr Bhrigu Kapuria, immunization specialist, UNICEF. In order to protect children from pneumonia and a host of other …
Little information is available about the effect of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) in low-income countries. We measured the effect of these vaccines on invasive pneumococcal disease in The Gambia where the 7-valent vaccine (PCV7) was introduced in August, 2009, followed by the 13-valent vaccine (PCV13) in May, 2011. Original Source
The primary objective was to estimate the burden of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in children aged 1 month to 12 years in South Asian countries. Original Source
Streptococcus pneumoniae is carried asymptomatically in the nasopharyngeal tract. However, it is capable of causing multiple diseases, including pneumonia, bacteraemia and meningitis, which are common causes of morbidity and mortality in young children. Antibiotic treatment has become more difficult, especially that involving the group of beta-lactam antibiotics where resistance has …
The Influenza A virus (IAV) is a major human pathogen that produces significant morbidity and mortality. To explore the contribution of alveolar macrophages (AlvMΦs) in regulating the severity of IAV infection we employed a murine model in which the Core Binding Factor Beta gene is conditionally disrupted in myeloid cells. …
Kampala — A Total of 11,798,600 million Ugandan children are at the verge of dying hunger and pneumonia due to lack of food and accommodation, advocates for inclusive social protection have warned. While speaking at national dialogue on social protection in Kampala on Tuesday, David Tumwesigye, a Policy and Advocacy …
As many as four people died of H1N1 in Tamil Nadu in the last two days. As many as three fresh cases of the infection were reported in the western districts of the state. A 15-month-old boy in Salem died of viral pneumonia and multiple organ failure in a private …
Five children from Ellaiamman Koil Street, Erikarai, at New Gummudipoondi in Tiruvallur district were admitted to the Institute of Child Health at Egmore on Wednesday morning with respiratory ailments, suspected to be H1N1. Three residents of the street died in the last two days following viral pneumonia. Fourteen other residents …
Tirupati: A team of researchers from Israel is now working on finding a genetic solution to the ever-increasing menace of antibiotic resistance to a plethora of diseases including tuberculosis (TB) and hospital-acquired infections. The team has targeted the notorious bacteria called methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). This bacteria is quite common …
Pneumonia has overtaken malaria as the number one killer disease among children under the age of five in Nigeria. A report by the International Vaccines Access Centre (IVAC) revealed that the disease was responsible for 127,000 child deaths in the country last year. This was disclosed on Monday in Abuja …
Pneumonia is responsible for about 20% of deaths among children aged 5 or below, said Dr M Venkatachalapathy, president, Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP), Bangalore, on Thursday. Bacterial pneumonia can lead to meningitis, septicemia and in some cases, death. Inadequate immunization, lack of nutrition, pollution and overcrowding are the risk …
Despite remarkable progress in the improvement of child survival between 1990 and 2015, the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 4 target of a two-thirds reduction of under-5 mortality rate (U5MR) was not achieved globally. In this paper, we updated our annual estimates of child mortality by cause to 2000–15 to reflect …
In a move to expand the vaccine coverage across the country, health ministry plans to introduce pneumonia vaccine in five states under its universal immunization programme from next year. The ministry has approved the launch of the vaccine in Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh under the …
The story of how pharmaceutical companies influenced scientists and official agencies like the World Health Organization (WHO) in the recent swine flu scare and the saga of the undeclared conflicts of interests of members of the WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts has set off alarm bells around the world. …
On May 4, 2013, the ministry of health of VietNam suspended Quinvaxem, the pentavalent combination used in that country, after it had caused 12 deaths and nine non-fatal serious adverse events (3). On investigating the reactions caused by the vaccine, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that the nine non-fatal …
According to Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, four out of 10 Indian children don’t receive full immunization during infancy thus making them vulnerable to immunodeficiency. Hence, experts warn that asthma –like symptoms in kids should not be ignored. They even suggest going for immediate tests for an immunodeficiency. …
A new twist on the use of renewable energy is saving children's lives in Africa. The innovation--a solar powered oxygen delivery system--is providing concentrated oxygen in hospital for children suffering from severe pneumonia. The device created by Dr. Michael Hawkes, an assistant professor in the University of Alberta's Division of …
A new vaccine allows pneumonia-causing bacteria to colonize inside the body, springing into action only if the bacteria pose a threat. The breakthrough approach, coupled with the protein-based vaccine's potential to counteract more than 90 strains of the bacteria, has the makings to override how vaccines have worked (destroying bacteria …
Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections began rising in Beijing last spring, and by December, this pathogen was found in more than half of hospitalized children suffering from pneumonia in that city, according to investigators from the Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China. Now these investigators predict that this epidemic will likely continue …
