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%, …
With an aim to vaccinate all partially-vaccinated and unimmunised children by 2020, the government on Monday launched a 15-day media campaign to educate the masses on immunisation, ahead of implementing its ambitious health programme “Mission Indradhanush” in April. Depicting seven colours of the rainbow, the new mission aims to vaccinate …
KARACHI: The Sindh government is extremely perturbed over the increase in polio cases from districts other than Karachi as the number was significantly smaller than that of the metropolis in the past two years, it emerged on Sunday. The provincial health authorities have already reported four polio cases from three …
Nigeria's march towards being certified as polio free country may soon be realised as no single case has been recorded in the past seven months. It therefore means that if the status quo is maintained for the next five months, by July this year, Nigeria will be delisted from polio …
Public confidence in vaccination is vital to the success of immunisation programmes worldwide. Understanding the dynamics of vaccine confidence is therefore of great importance for global public health. Few published studies permit global comparisons of vaccination sentiments and behaviours against a common metric. This article presents the findings of a …
ISLAMABAD: As another polio case has been confirmed by the Polio Virology Laboratory at the National Institute of Health (NIH), the total count for the year 2015 has risen to 10. An official of Ministry of National Health Services said the new case was detected from Khyber Agency of the …
NIGERIA has introduced the inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) into the nation’s routine immunization schedule. Also, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) said Monday that Nigeria was on course to interrupting the transmission of the wild polio virus. It will be recalled that the World Health Assembly in May …
Sending alarm bells ringing for India, a rare respiratory virus called enterovirus D68 (EV-D68), one of non-polio enteroviruses may be emerging among children where the polio viruses are no longer circulating, the Lancet has revealed. Experts say that 12 children, treated for muscle weakness or paralysis, from Colorado in the …
Doctors have more questions than answers about a mysterious polio-like illness that has paralyzed at least 107 children in 34 states since August. The cases occurred around the same time that the USA was experiencing an outbreak of severe respiratory illness caused by enterovirus D68, which usually causes a mild …
NIGERIA is making further inroads into its quest to be declared free of wild polio virus and going by the calculation of the Federal Government and relevant stakeholders, the nation is counting down to interrupting the virus transmission next July (in six months time). However, recent information that Nigeria would …
A team of Indian medical workers, who played an important role in eradicating polio from hotspots such as UP, Bihar and West Bengal, has joined the fight against Ebola in Sierra Leone and Liberia. The group of 29, selected from a pool of 1,500, were flown to Ebola’s Ground Zero …
Seattle — The Art of Saving a Life Project Features the Work of Angélique Kidjo, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, GMB Akash, Sophie Blackall, Thomas Ganter, Vik Muniz, Alexia Sinclair and Others, and Debuts at Critical Moment for Global Vaccine Advocacy The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today introduced The Art of …
Vaccines are one of the greatest advancements in the history of health. They have saved millions of lives, and resulted in better health and opportunity for families everywhere. But despite great progress, one in five children today do not have access to the life-saving vaccines they need. The stories behind …
KARACHI: Provincial health authorities on Wednesday confirmed another polio case in Sindh — a 10-month-old girl from Sanghar — bringing the tally to 28 cases this year. Officials in the expanded programme on immunisation (EPI) in Sindh said Pooja, daughter of Umeedo of Sanghar district, was the latest victim whose …
KARACHI: Another polio case was reported in a minor girl in Karachi after which tally in the province has mounted to 72. According to health sources, Sumaira four month old hailing from district Shikarpur and currently residing in Karachi was found affected with poliovirus. Most of the affectees belong to …
Despite new cases setting back the effort to eradicate polio, health officials believe the crisis will be brought under control in 2015 International health officials in Pakistan believe they can resolve the country’s polio crisis in the coming year, despite the number of cases of the crippling disease soaring to …
ISLAMABAD: With confirmation of two new polio cases in the country on Monday, the toll for this year has climbed to 262. The Polio Virology Laboratory said one case each was reported from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh. Officials said the case from Swat in KP had been reported after a …
QUETTA - Two more polio cases surfaced in different parts of Balochistan on Saturday, taking the number of polio victims to 14. According to health officials, polio virus was detected in an 18-month-old girl Amina who is the resident of Killi Tarkha, Quetta. The second case was confirmed in Khuzdar …
Islamabad - For the eradication of polio, the government of Japan, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) signed agreements on Monday to make sure that children are vaccinated in Pakistan. Amir Sheikh, joint secretary ministry of national health services, regulations and coordination (MoNHSRC), witnessed the …
KATHMANDU, Oct 8: Children across the country will be immunized with three new vaccines within the current fiscal year, thanks to the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) that has included additional shots in the regular immunization list. Child Health Division (CHD) under the Department of Health Services (DoHS) stated …
PESHAWAR, Pakistan—When Salma Iqbal developed a high fever in July, her family didn’t think it was anything to worry about. Within two days, however, the alert, playful 9-month-old’s legs had gone limp. The family rushed her to a clinic in the Bakhshu Pul area, a dusty suburb of Peshawar in …
