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. …
India’s near-eradication goal of polio faces serious threat from Pakistan. As the neighbouring nation struggles hard to contain the increasing P1 polio virus cases, in the process it might export the disease to India. For, in Pakistan about 145 people have already been infected so far this year, up from …
Rotary International is aiming to declare India as the first polio-free country in the next two years. The organisation is currently running its immunisation programs in four countries including India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria. “Over the last 11 months, we have not reported even a single case of polio in …
Visit of doctors from national institutions to worst-affected regions recommended Even as New Delhi grappled with the increasing incidence of Japanese encephalitis — a disease reported for the first time — the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has recommended that Japanese encephalitis vaccination be included in the national …
Faced with an overall immunisation rate of 61 per cent and with even poster state Tamil Nadu steadily slipping, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare plans to designate 2012-13 as the year of “intensification of routine immunisation”. It has identified 204 districts in the country with less than 50 …
Dismissing reports of the deaths of children after administration of pentavalent vaccine in Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Pakistan as unrelated, the Centre has decided to introduce this vaccine as part of the routine immunisation programme in Kerala on Wednesday. The vaccine, that will prevent children from five life-threatening diseases, will …
A recent review has discussed the economic value of vaccine for developed countries. The situation is quite different in developing countries, and we examine the situation in Brazil. Vaccines are of fundamental importance for the control of infectious diseases, especially among the population that lives in poor sanitary conditions. Also, …
Calcutta, Nov. 23: The state government has decided to upgrade primary health centres to provide round-the-clock service, including “basic obstetrics” such as neo and post-natal care and child immunisation, the move aimed at reducing the burden of referrals on medical college hospitals in Calcutta. According to a report prepared by …
“We aim to immunise all children in the age group of nine months to 10 years irrespective of their immunisation status. This is part of the Central Government's massive anti-measles catch-up vaccination drive that will try and cover more than 13 crore children in 14 vulnerable States,” said Union Health …
Bihar is in the grip of yet another lethal outbreak of viral encephalitis, which has claimed the lives of 82 children in the Magadh division so far. The latest death was reported on Sunday. The division's only government hospital, the Anugrah Narayan Magadh Medical College Hospital, has been swamped with …
KOLKATA, 13 NOV: Chief minister Miss Mamata Banerjee may have said that Rs 1,200 crore of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) has already been spent for infrastructure development of rural hospitals as well as various projects under NRHM, but according to the data provided by the NRHM authorities only …
It is back to school for the staff of educational institutions in the city. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will teach basics of nutrition and hygiene to teachers, caterers, canteen staff and contractors of schools and colleges. The civic administration will provide an advisory to all school and colleges on …
Concerned over the large number of child deaths due to measles every year, the Centre has launched a massive anti-measles vaccination drive. More than 13 crore children are expected to be covered under the Measles Catch-up Campaign, irrespective of their previous measles vaccination status. The drive has been launched by …
Japan provided $2.64 million support which would enable the government to procure 11 million doses of polio vaccines for rapid campaigns in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. The assistance would also be utilised on awareness campaign to eliminate misunderstanding and prejudice against the polio vaccination. Ambassador of Japan Hiroshi Oe, Unicef Representative …
Free medical check-up and treatment scheme to be launched on November 14, informs Sheila Dikshit. The Chacha Nehru Health Scheme, under which free medical check-up and treatment will be provided to all the school children, will be launched by the Delhi Government on Children's Day, November 14. At a meeting …
The life cycle of the malaria parasite in Anopheles mosquitoes was discovered in India in the 19th century by Ronald Ross, and it won him the Nobel prize in early 20th century. So, mosquitoes transmit malaria. Technically, that is all the information we need to prevent malaria — control mosquito …
DIBRUGARH: The State Government has undertaken a mass campaign for Japanese Encephalitis Immunization in Sivasagar district, as a pilot project from Oct 9 this year. This programme would continue up to Oct 31 at various venues as per plan. Regional Medical Research Centre, NE Region, Dibrugarh, under the Indian Council …
Down to one case this year, India is hoping to attain polio-free status by the end of 2011. The government will now treat every new reported case of polio as a public health emergency to push for the eradication goal. For the first time since efforts began in 1985, the …
New Delhi: India recorded 98, 621 rotavirus-induced diarrhoea deaths in 2008, which is about 22% of global toll from the infection. Nigeria — the second worst-hit country — recorded about 41,000 deaths, or less than 50% of fatalities as compared to India. Pakistan (39,000) and Bangladesh (9,000) figures among the …
Preliminary results from the trial of a malaria vaccine show that it protected nearly half of the children who received it from bouts of serious malaria, scientists said Tuesday. The vaccine, known as RTS,S and made by GlaxoSmithKline, has been in development for more than 25 years, initially for the …
Bhubaneswar: In a bid to improve the maternal and child healthcare practices in the state, the Odisha government on Wednesday launched the state-funded scheme Mamata. Under this scheme, nearly six lakh pregnant women will be covered every year with an annual disbursement of Rs 350 crore. Inaugurating the scheme at …
