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%, …
Two children have been paralysed in the first polio outbreak in Europe for five years, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Both cases were in Ukraine where only half the children are fully immunised. It is likely large numbers of other children have also been infected without developing symptoms. …
It has been one full year since polio was detected anywhere in Africa, a significant milestone in global health that has left health experts around the world quietly celebrating. The goal had seemed tantalizingly close in recent years, but polio always managed to roar back, particularly in Nigeria. Then officials …
Some vaccines have been found to make some viruses more harmful via evolution, a new study has warned. The report, published in PLOS Biology, states that experiments with herpesvirus – a large family of DNA responsible for many diseases – shows some vaccines can only prove to make matters worse. …
This Month — July - was a very auspicious month for Nigeria in 2014. Two health related occurrences took place in that month. On Sunday July 20 2014, Patrick Sawyer flew into Lagos airport, a sick man with Ebola Virus Disease. He died five days later, but not before infecting …
ust three years ago, Nigeria was a threat to the global push to eradicate polio. Africa’s most populous nation recorded 122 cases in 2012, more than all other countries combined, and funders of the eradication campaign were growing exasperated with the nation’s faltering vaccination efforts and exportation of cases. Now …
The slow global response to the Ebola crisis in west Africa suggests that important gaps exist in donor financing for key global functions, such as support for health research and development for diseases of poverty and strengthening of outbreak preparedness. In this Health Policy, we use the International Development Statistics …
The vaccine, which will be injected at 14 weeks will provide the best protection against polio Immunisation: Bhutan introduced the injectable inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) in addition to the existing oral polio vaccine (OPV) into routine immunisation across the country on July 4. A dose of IPV has been introduced …
Sokoto — Sokoto State has recorded over 5000 cases of non-compliance to the routine immunization campaign against polio virus from January to June, this year. It would be recalled that about 700 cases of rejection of the polio vaccines were recorded in the state during the September, 2014, round of …
The Balochistan government has decided to enact a law enabling security agencies to take action against parents and heads of educational institutions, including religious seminaries, who refuse to administer polio vaccinations to children. “We have proposed it. It is too early to talk about the contents of the law. All …
Programme Manager at the Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Dr. Dennis Marke, says Sierra Leone risk a polio importation, and that many children could be affected if nothing was done about the risk. He was speaking at the Ministry of Health and Sanitation conference hall at Youyi building in Freetown …
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state on Thursday said the state government has reduced polio infestations in the state by 80 per cent. Ganduje said this when he spoke at the inauguration of a taskforce on Polio Eradication at the Government House in Kano. According to him, the state government …
ISLAMABAD: In an important inter-country meeting on cross border transmission on polio eradication, Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed to launch joint vigilance to stop the cross border spread of polio in both countries. Pakistan side was led by Senator Ayesha Raza Farooq, Prime Minister’s Focal Person on Polio Eradication whereas the …
HARIPUR: One more child was diagnosed with polio virus in district hospital Haripur on Wednesday. According to hospital sources, one-and-half year old child who suffered from fever was brought in the hospital for treatment from Hattar area of Haripur and doctors conformed polio virus in the child after taking his …
NIGERIA has recorded no case of Wild Polio Virus (WPV) in the last nine months, and is three months away from being certified polio-free by the World Health Organisation (WHO). According to the Weekly Polio Update released yesterday, ahead of the World Immunisation Week, April 24 to 30, by the …
GENEVA – Progress towards global vaccination targets for 2015 is far off-track with 1 in 5 children still missing out on routine life-saving immunizations that could avert 1.5 million deaths each year from preventable diseases. In the lead-up to World Immunization Week 2015 (24–30 April), WHO is calling for renewed …
For years it has remained their sole means of negotiation. For the people of Badaun and nearby villages, there is nothing better than to boycott the state-sponsored routine immunisation (RI) programme to get their problems resolved. The same trick was used last time when they faced problems in getting their …
LAHORE: The health department has denied any polio case in Shahpur tehsil of Sargodha. A spokesman of health department said that a team comprising experts of WHO and district health officer examined the twins and found them suffering from cerebral palsy, a congenital defect. The spokesman clarified that no polio …
PESHAWAR - Under Sihat-Ka-Ittehad Program, a special anti-polio campaign kicked off in Khyber Pakhtunkwa on Monday. During the three-day campaign, a total of 1.463 million children under the age five years will be administered anti-polio drops in 24 districts of the province. According to a report of the Polio Emergency …
Khartoum – Sudan has been Polio free since 2009, President Omar Al Bashir announced, saying it is backed by international and regional organisations. The National Congress Party presidency candidate pledged to make Sudan free from disabling illnesses and provide basic health services for wounded and disabled citizens in need. He …
Dr. Khaliru Hassan disclosed this while inaugurating a special committee known as National Laboratory Polio Containment Committee in Abuja. The Minister who was represented by the Executive Director and Chief Executive, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Ado Muhammad, disclosed that the inauguration of the committee was part …
