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%, …
ISLAMABAD: The National Institute of Health’s Polio Virology Laboratory confirmed another five polio cases on Tuesday night, taking the number of cases reported this year to 171. Two cases have been reported in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) and one each in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh and Balochistan. Also read: …
KATHMANDU, Sept 18: Nepal has become the first ever country, among the 11 South East Asian countries, to use the latest antidote to Polio, Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV). Nepal is honored with this title after Minister for Health and Population, Khagaraj Adhikari, handed over the vaccine for administering to a …
Last year, Israel's polio-free status was seriously challenged. On May 28, 2013, a sample obtained during routine supplementary environmental surveillance at a sewage-treatment plant in the South district tested positive for wild poliovirus type 1. Additional analyses retrospectively confirmed that the virus had already been present in February 2013 in …
Spurt in malaria cases alarms health officialsHyderabad: TIMES NEWS NETWORK Several districts in Telangana are in the grip of malaria and other viral fevers. However, the absence of an effective mechanism to monitor and report diseases such as malaria and dengue is resulting in the state health department officials working …
PESHAWAR: Health authorities are gearing up to start vaccination campaigns in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) following emergence of two new polio cases in the Khyber Agency and one in South Waziristan Agency (SWA) on Wednesday. The National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad, confirmed that three more unvaccinated children …
PESHAWAR: The poor vaccination campaigns and refusal by parents against immunisation were hampering Pakistan’s efforts to eradicate polio as two new cases were notified by National Institute of Health, Islamabad on Monday, sources said. They said that both the victims of the crippling disease -- one belonging to Khyber Agency …
LAHORE: The government of Punjab is spending around Rs 4,000 on every child for vaccination against polio, measles and other diseases. Punjab Health Services Director Dr Munir Ahmed said this on Sunday. He said that parents should cooperate with vaccinators who had been serving the people by putting their lives …
Using both types of polio vaccine could speed up efforts to free the world of the disease, research suggests. The oral vaccine is leading the fight to eradicate polio, but trials in India show an additional injection of inactivated virus boosts immunity. The World Health Organization said the findings, published …
Have you ever wondered why infant mortality rate (IMR) and maternal mortality rate (MMR) are going down so slowly in India? Part of the answer can be found in a recent survey report put out by the Census office. The eight most-poor states surveyed are home to half the country's …
KARACHI: A total of 10 ‘high-risk’ districts in Sindh, including Karachi, have been identified vis-à-vis the consistent presence of wild poliovirus, it emerged on Sunday. Most of the districts that have been described as high-risk areas by the provincial health authorities located in the northern Sindh areas. They are Khairpur, …
Unicef and the World Health Organization yesterday began a four-day campaign to try to vaccinate 4 million children for polio in Iraq, a difficult task in a region ravaged by fighting. More than 600,000 children have been displaced by conflict, as fighters from Islamic State, an insurgent al-Qaeda offshoot in …
Before the allegations of polio vaccine contamination a decade ago, Nigeria's polio eradication initiative (PEI) was affected by traditional barriers such as inadequate funds, poor coverage, poor supervision, broken cold chains, and lack of community mobilization and ownership. However, after the allegations of contamination of the vaccine with HIV, carcinogens, …
On 5 May 2014 the Director-General declared the international spread of wild poliovirus in 2014 a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) under the International Health Regulations [IHR 2005], issued Temporary Recommendations to reduce the international spread of wild poliovirus, and requested a reassessment of this situation by the …
Awareness campaigns similar to those of polio or HIV are needed for hepatitis in India, stressed experts at AIIMS today during an awareness programme organised to mark World Hepatitis Day. On the occasion, Dr SK Acharya, gastroenterology HoD, AIIMS, said hepatitis vaccination has to be implemented in the universal immunisation …
In a major achievement for Goa’s health sector, not a single polio case has been reported in the last 17 years with Health Department dishing out regular oral polio vaccine doses as part of the nationwide programs. PANJIM: In a major achievement for Goa’s health sector, not a single polio …
The United Nations expressed concern about the possible spread of polio in the war-ravaged countries of Syria and Iraq and beyond on Tuesday despite the biggest vaccination campaign undertaken in the history of the Middle East. A report by the World Health Organization and Unicef said that 36 children had …
The incidence of poliomyelitis has dropped precipitously over the last decade. However, persistent transmission in three countries and outbreaks elsewhere challenge the end-2014 eradication target. The Global Polio Eradication Initiative is considering expanding the age range of vaccination campaigns even in the absence of adult cases, because of concerns about …
PESHAWAR: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that gastrointestinal diseases, acute respiratory infection and unexplained fever are on the rise among the internally displaced persons (IDPs) of North Waziristan Agency, living in Bannu district. The world health agency has called for urgent coordinated measures to safeguard more than 992,990 …
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nation International Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have reported significant progress in their quest for universal health coverage with more than 111 million infants receiving vaccines in 2013 to protect them from deadly diseases. According to new estimates released yesterday by the UN agencies, …
ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR: The country has surpassed last year’s polio count of 93 cases as it has recorded three new cases, taking the nationwide tally to 94 so far this year. Two new cases were confirmed by Polio Virology Laboratory at the National Institute of Health (NIH) on Wednesday. An official of …
