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%, …
Japan has given United Nations children's fund UNICEF a grant of 120 million Yen, the equivalent to Rs. 7.2 crore, for buying vaccines, supplies, equipment and services in 2012 to ensure India remains free of polio virus. Japan's Ambassador to India Akitaka Saiki and UNICEF India Representative Karin Hulshof signed …
New Delhi: India has reported its first case of vaccine derived polio virus (VDPV) infection of 2012. A five-monthold child from the Murshidabad district of West Bengal has got infected with the virus after taking the oral polio vaccine. This, however, does not threaten India’s recently World Health Organisation (WHO) …
After having witnessed a year-long polio free period and being taken off the list of polio endemic countries, India is now looking at the endgame strategy to combat the deadly virus. With an aim to decide the long-term strategy in fighting the virus, the India Expert Advisory group (IEAG) which …
The government proposes to convert the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) into a National Health Mission to provide health care to the urban poor also, in the course of the 12th Plan. Universal access to free generic essential medicines in public health institutions in a phased and time-bound manner will …
The World Health Organisation has removed India from the list of polio affected countries but the polio eradication certificate will be granted to the nation if no case of polio would be reported from any part of the country in the next two to three years. WHO representative Dr Saurabh …
The success of smallpox eradication in the mid-1970s drew attention to the immunization programme in India. The Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI), developed for immunizing children during the first year of life was launched in 1978 mainly in the urban areas. Through the subsequent years, more vaccines were included in …
It has been 35 years since 1977, when the world observed the last recorded case of naturally occurring smallpox. We had finally defeated a disease that had devastated mankind for centuries. It was a critical victory for the many doctors, scientists and health workers who laboured tirelessly to eradicate this …
India has just won a landmark victory in the long-drawn-out war on polio. Fourteen months have gone since 13 January 2011 without a single case of polio caused by wild poliovirus (WPV). But how sure are we that in this vast country, with about 125 million under-five children and a …
The success of smallpox eradication in the mid-1970s drew attention to the immunization programme in India. The Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI), developed for immunizing children during the first year of life was launched in 1978 mainly in the urban areas. Through the subsequent years, more vaccines were included in …
THE 1993 World Development Report (WDR) was subtitled ‘Investing in Health’ and advanced the argument that better health outcomes facilitate economic development.1 Even if one contests the direction of causation, correlation between better health outcomes and higher levels of economic development is not in doubt.
The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Administration has finalised all arrangements to administer polio drops to 102,000 children in the rural areas and 125,000 children in the urban areas of the federal capital during a four-day anti-polio drive starting from March 12. Islamabad Deputy Commissioner Amer Ali Ahmed, while presiding over …
While Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and several other dignitaries lined up at the Polio Summit at Vigyan Bhawan to take credit for making India free of polio endemic, the Government did little to acknowledge the contribution of one man who visualised the pulse polio …
After registering a zero-polio period in the last one year, India will now be aiming at eradicating measles, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said here on Sunday. "India still accounts for two-thirds of measles deaths across the world. We have to address all concerns associated with the measles now," Azad …
Announcing his ministry’s intent of observing 2012 as the year of intensification of immunisation, Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said that the lessons from the polio programme could be used to combat other dreaded diseases. At the conclusion of the two-day Polio Summit here Azad said: “Emboldened by our …
Buoyed by the success of door-to-door polio vaccination drive, the Union Health Ministry plans to soon start an ambitious Teeka Express, a mobile vaccine van, which will cover 50 districts in the first phase. The Teeka Express will deliver all vaccines that are part of the national immunisation programme and …
BHUBANESWAR: As the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared India polio-free, the Odisha Government on Sunday claimed that it has achieved zero-polio status for fours year on the trot. Marking the pulse polio immunisation drive, Health Minister Prasanna Acharya said although the State has achieved the zero-polio status for four consecutive …
Admitting that the healthcare system was “overwhelmed” by inequities, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday said the government would provide universal healthcare in the 12th Plan and take steps to ensure free generic drugs at all public health facilities so as to reduce out of pocket expenditure of patients. …
India was taken off a list of polio endemic countries by the World Health Organisation on Saturday, marking a massive victory for health workers battling the crippling disease. "This gives us hope that we can finally eradicate polio not only from India but from the face of the earth," Prime …
India, which has been polio-free for over a year now, was on Saturday taken off the list of polio endemic countries by the World Health Organisation. This announcement was made by Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad at the polio summit 2012 here in the presence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. …
