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. …
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 …
India has completed three years without polio, a landmark achievement which would pave the way for a polio-free certification from the World Health Organisation (WHO), the health ministry Monday said. The ministry said 40,000 reporting units, including health facilities, annually report 60,000 cases of paralysis to the polio surveillance network …
Chennai: If your child was born in the last few years, he or she is likely to live five years more than children born a decade ago. Data released by the Union ministry of health shows that life expectancy in India has gone up by five years, from 62.3 years …
A deadly virus is stalking the big cats, but the State Forest department is yet to wake up to the warning. Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) has reportedly affected tigers in the northern and eastern parts of the country, killing two cubs in Patna Zoo, a couple of months ago. Member …
HUBLI: On the first day of the pulse polio immunization drive, Dharwad district achieved around 93 per cent coverage which is the second highest in the state. Dharwad district was in the sixth to 10th position in the past few years. During the 2012-13 drive, the district achieved 89 per …
JAIPUR: The health department will organize a special screening to identify malnourished children and admit them at malnutrition treatment centre (MTC) and boost immunization which have been included in the 11-point programme of department. As far as immunization of children is concerned, till December, 60% of target for the financial …
Three years ago on August 30, Prashuna (name changed) of Rautahat, who was 1 year and 10 months old then, was diagnosed with polio. Now she is four and struggles to cope with the crippling disease. Prashuna is the last reported case of polio and as a success in halting …
The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has, once again, issued a warning to the authorities of national parks and sanctuaries about a possible attack of Canine Distemper Virus (CDV). In a letter sent to all sanctuaries, the NTCA has said that tissue or blood samples should be collected from carnivores …
Bangalore: It’s been six years since the city recorded its last polio case, signalling a major achievement in eradicating the dreaded disease. But determined to ensure that it doesn’t rear its ugly head ever again, civic authorities here on Sunday launched a fresh round of vaccination drive. The last case …
The National Institute of Health Islamabad on Sunday tested four children, belonging to North Waziristan Agency, positive for polio, officials said. Pakistan had recorded 91 polio cases in the year 2013 including 65 cases from Federally Administered Tribal Areas, 10 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa nine from Sindh and seven from Punjab …
India on Monday marked three years since its last case of polio was reported, a major public health success for a country that until recently accounted for most of the world’s cases. “Proud day for all of us as Indians,” Junior Home Minister RPN Singh wrote on Twitter. “India is …
In its first global analysis for 2014, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says that Pakistan is the only polio-endemic country which reported more polio cases last year than in 2012. The analysis cited ‘non-uniform routine immunisation coverage’ with several areas having abysmally low routine immunisation coverage as major challenges which …
Eight-seven cases of polio were reported in different parts of the country in 2013 while 30 million children up to five years of age were administered anti-polio drops during 22 drives. Talking to APP, Additional Director of EPI Dr Nazir Hussain on Monday said that 87 polio vases were reported …
India on Monday marked three years since its last case of polio was reported, a major public health success for a country that until recently accounted for most of the world’s cases. “Proud day for all of us as Indians,” Junior Home Minister RPN Singh wrote on Twitter. “India is …
Children below five years of age in Alwar and Bharatpur have a reason to cheer. They will get five doses of polio drops in five rounds this current year while earlier the health department administered them six doses in six rounds in a year. Since, Alwar and Bharatpur are two …
The UNICEF has published the ‘State of the World's Children 2014 in Numbers: Every Child Counts,' with the theme of ‘Revealing disparities, advancing children's rights.' The report emphasizes the importance of credible, inclusive data about children's situations to realize children's rights, improve their lives and expose and address unequal access …
Bangladesh will immunise around 22 million children aged 0-59 months on December 21 (Saturday) for bolstering its polio-free status by providing two drops of polio vaccines during the 21st National Immunisation Day (NID), reports UNB. Health workers and volunteers will administer oral polio vaccines to 22 million children at 140,000 …
