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. …
The Ministry for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination on Wednesday launched a comprehensive Multi Year Strategic Plan for Immunisation (cMYP) 2014-2018 on child immunisation. This comprehensive plan is a part of the wider commitment for saving lives through immunisation, said Minister of National Health Services, Regulations & Coordination Saira …
The world’s biggest funder of vaccines for developing countries wants to raise $7.5 billion for inoculations to save as many as 6 million lives over five years. The GAVI Alliance has raised more than $12 billion since its founding in 2000 from governments, charities and companies to help immunize 440 …
Sindh government has started anti-polio and measles drive in 29 districts of Sindh from Monday under the Expanded Programme of Immunisation (EPI) to make the children, between 6 months to 10 years of age, immunised against the fatal disease. The 12-day long special immunisation campaign is being launched in collaboration …
Polio vaccination certificates will now be mandatory for all people travelling abroad from June 1, the government announced on Tuesday as traces of the poliovirus were found in samples taken from the sewers of Karachi and Lahore — the two largest cities in the country. In a meeting held in …
The Sindh health department is going to launch a comprehensive measles-specific vaccination campaign in collaboration with Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) at a cost of over Rs400 million from May 19 across Sindh to vaccinate and immunise children especially in rural areas. Health directorate officials told Dawn here …
A Three-day anti polio drive was launched in Balochistan on Monday. Extended Programme of Immunization Balochistan sources told APP here that over 6,000 teams comprising volunteers were taking part in the campaign who would visit door to door across the province to administer anti-polio drops to children of five years …
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday declared the spread of polio an international public health emergency after new cases emerged in various countries. Calling the outbreaks in Asia, Africa and West Asia an “extraordinary event” requiring a co-ordinated “international response”, the international health agency has recommended citizens of affected …
State Minister for National Health Services Saira Afzal Tarar on Wednesday said that the government is launching a phased measles campaign across the country with a total target of vaccinating 62,493,411 children for free.Talking to the media on the eve of the launch of the World Immunisation Week, she said …
After using oral polio vaccine for decades, India is all set to introduce Injectable Polio vaccine (IPV) from next year. While India has been certified polio free by the World Health Organisation last week, the certification of the region comes as countries prepare for the introduction of inactivated polio vaccine …
For India, which has successfully kept naturally-occurring ‘wild’ polioviruses at bay for three whole years, a new challenge looms. India is among 140 countries that rely on the oral polio vaccine (OPV). These countries have now been asked to introduce an injectable inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) into their routine childhood …
The World Health Organization has declared its South East Asia region polio-free. The certification is being hailed a "historic milestone" in the global fight to eradicate the deadly virus. It comes after India officially recorded three years without a new case of polio. The announcement means 80% of the world …
Nepal will be declared polio-free by the World Health Organization on Thursday for maintaining polio-free status for the last three years. Three years ago, on August 30, a 22-month baby girl from Rautahat was the last case to be diagnosed with polio. Following the worldwide campaign to eradicate polio that …
The ‘Health of the Nation’ report compiled by the Pakistan Medical Association shows that the health indicators in Pakistan have not improved during the last many years and in some areas the situation has worsened. “The health indicators failed to show any improvement for many years now and, in fact, …
The health care delivery system of Maldives is organized into a four-tier referral system with the island level health facilities referring patients to higher level health facilities in the atolls, regions and to central level depending upon the need and service availability. The government is committed to improving the health …
Nawalparasi district has been declared the first fully immunized district in the country. The plan to declare the fully immunized district was achieved after all the people in Ramgram Municipality were vaccinated in the recent days. People in all 73 VDCs and a municipality were inoculated to achieve the target, …
The District Health Office has declared four VDCs with cent per cent vaccination as per its target to declare 10 VDCs of the district with full immunization. The VDCs declared to be with cent per cent immunization are Sulubung, Sumbak, Barbote and Sankhejung. Among other VDCs to be declared with …
Mobile teams deployed to administer drops in remote areas Over 4.13 lakh children below the age of five were administered oral polio vaccine at the intensive pulse polio campaign held in Krishnagiri and Dharmapuri districts on Sunday. The vaccinations were administered to the children in 1,874 centres including 73 urban …
The second phase of National Pulse Polio Programme, 2014, began in the city today. Drops were administered to over 1.56 lakh children up to the age of five years in the district. The drive will continue till February 27. More than five lakh children from the city are to be …
President calls for creating a polio-free world As India celebrates its victory over polio — completing three years without any case of the debilitating infection — the nation becomes entitled to polio-free certification by the World Health Organisation in March. On Tuesday, President Pranab Mukherjee received Rotary International’s highest award …
The National Institute of Health Islamabad confirmed a new polio case in North Waziristan Agency on Monday. “The country has registered 10 cases this year, all from North Waziristan Agency,” officials said. They added that North Waziristan Agency had recorded 44 cases, highest number of the 92 cases registered in …
