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 State of the world's vaccines and immunization is a call to action to governments and donors to sustain and increase funding for immunization in order to build upon the progress made so far in meeting the global goals. It focuses on the major developments in vaccines and immunization since …
The head of the World Health Organisation said on Sunday that the swine flu virus has apparently not yet mutated into a more serious disease and that the development of vaccines was proceeding on track. The vaccines for (A) H1N1 influenza produced so far have been very effective, WHO Director-General …
The government would launch a pilot project in polio-affected areas of the country in order to create a database of every inoculated or vaccinated child. The database will have contact details of each child to verify if he or she has actually been immunised or not. The health authorities would …
MUMBAI: The monthly Pulse Polio drive, which began on Sunday, witnessed a drop of 3% in the number of children immunised, as compared to last month. While 66% children were immunised on the first day of the last drive, this month only 63% of children received the oral vaccine on …
LUCKNOW: Polio eradication in UP seems to have come across a double whammy this season. In a state where authorities are fighting hard against the sub-optimal efficacy of oral polio vaccine, the increasing challenge of diarrhoeal outbreaks is making things worse. The reason: polio is caused by `entero' virus that …
One of the major factors affecting the health and growth of children in the State is lack of easy accessibility to immunization services. Lack of information regarding nutrition and inaccessibility to nutritious food have also become a matter of concern with more than 50 per cent of children in the …
Rotary International director K.R. Ravi-ndran today pledged to era-dicate polio from the world soon. Ravindran, who took charge as the director of Rotary International on July 1, is the first Sri Lankan to be on the board of the international humanitarian service. Talking to reporters here today, Ravindran said:
THE government has decided to let Anglo-American drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) conduct human trials of its swine flu vaccine here to make it available for patients by the year-end, director-general health services (DGHS) Dr RK Srivastava said. The vaccine is likely to be launched in India by December 2009 if the …
The new H1N1 swine flu is estimated to have infected about 800,000 people in New York City in the spring, a top U.S. health official said on Sunday, citing a study due to be released later this week. Dr. Thomas Frieden, who heads the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and …
A NEW vaccine, a dry powder that can be inhaled directly into the lungs, has offered hope of saving about 10 per cent of the nearly two lakh children who die of measles and related complications in India every year. The new vaccine, developed by Robert Sievers of Colorado University, …
Although the first batch of swine flu vaccines are supposed to be ready and licenced by October, most healthcare workers do not want to be the first to be vaccinated. The reason behind the reluctance is the 1976 swine flu fiasco in the US when the vaccine supposedly killed 25 …
New Delhi: Every year, a large number of children get vaccinated for diseases like pertussis, tuberculosis, hepatitis B, measles etc as part of the national immunization programme. But very few of them go on to complete the full course losing track of further booster doses that are administered at 10 …
US-based Baxter International Inc formally announced on Wednesday that it completed production of its first commercial batches of A(H1N1) vaccine in late July and is discussing plans for distribution with national health authorities. The company will sell the vaccine under the brand name Celvapan, and claims it produced it within …
In an alarming development, the first-ever case of vaccine-derived polio virus Type 2 has been reported from Uttar Pradesh. The news comes at a time when the Government was planning to do away with administration of trivalent vaccine in the state because of the absence of Type 2 polio virus. …
Shortage of affects Universal Immunisation Programme----- Lives of250 lakh children could be in danger this year, and probably another 250 lakh next year. They cannot be vaccinated because DPT and BCG vaccines are in short supply. Compared to 2007-2008, DPT (diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus) vaccination fell by 29 per cent in Orissa and …
New Experiment Shows Modified Parasites Can Be Used To Build Resistance In People In a daring experiment in Europe, scientists used mosquitoes as flying needles to deliver a
The last time the prime minister bent too far to keep the coalition going WHEN the United Progressive Alliance (upa) was looking for partners after the 2004 general election, anyone was welcome. But has better judgment prevailed this time around? The coalition could ask itself this as it clears the …
