The progress towards eradication of poliovirus globally is one of the greatest success stories of the global health community. When the Global Polio Eradication Initiative started in 1988, polio paralysed more than 1000 children worldwide every day. Since then the global incidence of wild poliovirus cases has decreased by 99.9%, …
LUCKNOW: A five-arm clinical trial has been conducted in India to evaluate the residual immunity gap among children in western Uttar Pradesh and adapt future strategies in this regard. Conducted in several development blocks of Moradabad, the study is examining the immunogenecity of injectable and monovalent oral polio vaccines (IPV …
Thousands of children below the age of five years were today administered life-saving anti-polio drops at 8,200 polio booths across the Capital. Reiterating the goal of eradicating polio from Delhi, health minister Kiran Walia urged everyone to work towards keeping polio virus out of the state and the neighbouring areas.
Lucknow: The presence of type-1 and type-3 of polio virus in an eight-year-old girl has stunned health experts in Uttar Pradesh. Since such co-infection is rare, they are now trying to find out which virus dominated, leading to early onset of paralysis in the girl. Tammana is a resident of …
The World Bank (WB) has approved two projects totaling $135 million to help the Government of Pakistan strengthen social safety nets and eradicate polio. According to a WB statement Friday the increases in global food and fuel prices and Pakistan
The recent health indicators for child and mental health mortality in Pakistan reveal that the country falls far below international standards, which require instant and careful consideration for effective long term planning, says a report by the Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC). Around 0.4 …
TEENA THACKER & SAMUDRA GUPTA KASHYAP NEW DELHI/GUWAHATI: For the first time ever, India has confirmed two separate cases of vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV). The cases have been reported in a four-year-old boy in Assam
Riyan Ramananth V I BALANGIR: The sustained efforts of the Government to eradicate polio from the State seem to have fallen flat with one suspected polio case reported from Biramunda village under Gudvela block in Balangir district. The case of a 10-month-old boy, Sanjib Padhan, came to the fore on …
Teena Thacker Posted: Wednesday, Jun 03, 2009 at 2347 hrs IST New Delhi: Though India has reported double the cases of virulent Wild Poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) this year as compared to last year
Secretary, Medical & Health, Lalit Verma inaugurated the Pulse Polio campaign by administering the vaccine to children at Silver Jubilee Hospital on Sunday. Nearly 2.60 lakh children were administered the vaccine in Lucknow. The fourth phase of the Pulse Polio campaign for 2009 began from Sunday. Besides the booth activity, …
MUMBAI: The BMC administered the polio vaccine to 7,35,000 children on Polio Sunday, covering 56% children under the age of 5 in the city. The turnout was markedly lower than the round in April which covered 68%. Civic officials attributed the low turnout to the holiday season and poor availability …
New Delhi: Barely a few hours after being administered the Oral Polio Vaccine at a Pulse Polio booth, a four-year-old child died on Sunday. Ashish, was reportedly suffering from Grade-IV malnutrition and authorities claimed the death could have been a coincidence. The police have, however, registered a case. A postmortem …
Two shots of measles vaccine given during childhood protect a person for life. Four shots of polio vaccine do the same. But flu shots must be taken every year. And even so, they provide less than complete protection. Old Ways A hurdle to faster flu vaccine production is that current …
May 12: Diseases supposedly on the verge of eradication have reared their deadly head in the state. A cholera epidemic in Bholakpur, an anthrax outbreak in Visakhapatnam and the recurrence of polio cases, are the recent reminders that yesterday
Third Partnership for Polio Eradication Project for Pakistan will be launched from next financial year July with a total cost of US $154.21 million with the co-operation of World Bank, Japan International Co-operation Agency (Jica) and World Health Organisation (Who), which will be completed within two years. According to World …
Senior health officials on Wednesday confirmed founding a (type 3) polio case in Kambar-Shahdadkot district of Sindh, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 11 this year. The latest victim of the dreaded virus is a 21-month-old boy, Shahid Hussain of Dost Mohammad village. Sindh
Senior health officials on Wednesday confirmed founding a (type 3) polio case in Kambar-Shahdadkot district of Sindh, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 11 this year. The latest victim of the dreaded virus is a 21-month-old boy, Shahid Hussain of Dost Mohammad village. Sindh
Around 2400 children were vaccinated during two-day polio vaccination campaign launched by Payaam- a volunteer organisation in collaboration with Islamabad Traffic Police and Ministry of Health. A large number of parents visited the camps set up during the campaign and got their kids vaccinated. Besides administering polio drops medical experts …
