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). This is the first consolidated WHO report on viral hepatitis epidemiology, service coverage and product access, with improved data for action. …
Some 400 million people worldwide lack access to essential health services, and the cost of healthcare is forcing many into poverty, the World Bank and World Health Organization reported Friday. A new report by the bank and WHO on tracking universal health care (UHC) coverage said more people than ever …
This report is the first of its kind to measure health service coverage and financial protection to assess countries’ progress towards universal health coverage. It shows that at least 400 million people do not have access to one or more essential health services and 6% of people in low- and …
Though measles is a vaccine preventable disease, outbreaks still continue to occur because of poor immunization coverage rate at the national level. The objective of the study was to report the survey results of an outbreak of measles in Puraini village of Madhepura district in Bihar, India. Original Source
This paper explores available evidence, contextualises and maps the debate in India around financing healthcare for all. While the focus is on healthcare in response to current policy debates, Oxfam India recognises the crucial importance of adopting a holistic approach to health, addressing factors such as nutrition and sanitation, and …
GENEVA – Progress towards global vaccination targets for 2015 is far off-track with 1 in 5 children still missing out on routine life-saving immunizations that could avert 1.5 million deaths each year from preventable diseases. In the lead-up to World Immunization Week 2015 (24–30 April), WHO is calling for renewed …
For years it has remained their sole means of negotiation. For the people of Badaun and nearby villages, there is nothing better than to boycott the state-sponsored routine immunisation (RI) programme to get their problems resolved. The same trick was used last time when they faced problems in getting their …
Housemaid Aarti is a proud mother who works in an uptown officers' colony. Oblivious to death that looms over the baby's head, she works hard to raise her child well. The baby has missed a DPT shot given in the twelfth month, making him vulnerable to infections that may lead …
With an aim to vaccinate all partially-vaccinated and unimmunised children by 2020, the government on Monday launched a 15-day media campaign to educate the masses on immunisation, ahead of implementing its ambitious health programme “Mission Indradhanush” in April. Depicting seven colours of the rainbow, the new mission aims to vaccinate …
Measles cases could almost double in countries hardest hit by the West African Ebola outbreak as overwhelmed health systems are unable to maintain child immunizations, scientists said on Thursday. For every extra month that health care systems are disrupted, international researchers said up to 20,000 children aged between 9 months …
Puncturing the government’s ambitious immunization programme to control Japanese Encephalitis (JE), China has refused to supply additional doses of the vaccine to India. India currently procures 66 million doses of JE vaccine from China and has sought an additional 16 million doses to expand the coverage of its ongoing National …
Public confidence in vaccination is vital to the success of immunisation programmes worldwide. Understanding the dynamics of vaccine confidence is therefore of great importance for global public health. Few published studies permit global comparisons of vaccination sentiments and behaviours against a common metric. This article presents the findings of a …
Two hundred and twenty thousand children were not immunized last year against the six killer diseases - polio, diphtheria, tuberculosis, pertussis (whooping cough), measles and tetanus, according to Dr. Joan Awanyo-Akaba, the Civil Society rep on the board of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI). The alarming figures, …
Influenza vaccines have been used for >60 years and have proven safe and effective. However, use of seasonal influenza vaccine in South-East Asia is sparse, with the majority of doses available for cost in the private sector. In 2012, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) …
THE Adamawa Government has on Thursday confirmed the outbreak of measles in some Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in the state. Mr Haruna Furo, the Executive Secretary, Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola. Furo, however, said that there was …
Seattle — The Art of Saving a Life Project Features the Work of Angélique Kidjo, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, GMB Akash, Sophie Blackall, Thomas Ganter, Vik Muniz, Alexia Sinclair and Others, and Debuts at Critical Moment for Global Vaccine Advocacy The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today introduced The Art of …
Vaccines are one of the greatest advancements in the history of health. They have saved millions of lives, and resulted in better health and opportunity for families everywhere. But despite great progress, one in five children today do not have access to the life-saving vaccines they need. The stories behind …
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today introduced The Art of Saving a Life project, a new initiative that brings together more than 30 world-renowned musicians, writers, filmmakers, painters, sculptors and photographers to demonstrate how vaccines continue to positively change the course of history. The Art of Saving a Life …
A survey carried out in Jalna district has revealed that acute anaemia is crippling girl students, especially those aged between 14 and 16 years. The study, initiated by gynaecologist Aarti Mantri in association with the Zilla Parishad (ZP) in around 40 ZP schools, found that over 30% girls suffered from …
With 40 per cent children still out of its immunisation coverage, the Union Health Ministry on Thursday launched “Mission Indradhanush” depicting seven colours of the rainbow with an aim to cover all those children by 2020 either unvaccinated for shots against or are partially vaccinated seven preventable diseases.These include diphtheria, …
Assuring full immunisation coverage by 2020, the health minister on Thursday said that unvaccinated districts will be targeted in a phase wise manner. “About 201 high focus districts in the country have been identified in the first phase which have nearly 50 per cent of all unvaccinated or partially vaccinated …
