The number of lives lost due to viral hepatitis infections is increasing and already accounts for 3,500 deaths daily, according to this report by the World Health Organization (WHO). This is the first consolidated WHO report on viral hepatitis epidemiology, service coverage and product access, with improved data for action. …
Shimla: While Punjab has achieved the sustainable development target on under-five mortality rate (U5MR) with 25 deaths per 1,000 live births, Himachal Pradesh is yet to achieve the goal. NITI Aayog’s report “Health Index June 2019” has revealed that U5MR was 33 for every 1,000 child in 2015 but came …
Kerala has emerged as the top ranking state in the second health index launched by NITI Aayog, while Uttar Pradesh is the worst, reported PTI. The health index is a composite measure of States and Union Territories based on 23 health indicators with major weightage to the outcomes. The second …
Vaccines have revolutionized public health, preventing millions of deaths each year, particularly in childhood. Yet, there is considerable variability in the magnitude and persistence of vaccine-induced immunity. Maintenance of specific antibody is essential for continuity of vaccine-induced serological protection. We conducted a genome-wide association study into the persistence of immunity …
HOUSTON: Harmful particulate matter in the atmosphere may lead to birth defects and even fatalities during pregnancy, according to a study conducted in mice. Researchers at Texas A&M; University in the US examined the adverse health effects of exposure to fine particulate matter consisting of ammonium sulphate commonly found in …
Progress has been made towards achieving global and regional immunization targets in the African Region. The introduction of new vaccines in Africa has been a major success, gathering pace with Gavi support. Introduction of multiple new vaccines, such as pneumococcal conjugate and rotavirus vaccines, have taken place in several countries …
MUMBAI: Over a dozen fresh cases of suspected measles have been detected in children from two city wards. What has perplexed authorities, though, is that many of the affected children were vaccinated in the statewide measles-rubella vaccination campaign that ended on March 31. The outbreaks in F south ward, which …
The awareness created for the polio vaccine with the help of the community must extend to other vaccines, said paediatricians Hyderabad: In India, clinicians have found that the polio vaccine is the only one that is considered necessary of the three vaccines given at the time of birth (Polio, BCG …
India has 2.9 million children who have missed out on the first dose of measles vaccine between 2010 and 2017 despite over 80 per cent of immunisation coverage, the UNICEF said on Thursday. India, with its large annual birth cohort of 25 million, is followed by Pakistan and Indonesia - …
The Somali government, the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) had kicked off a national polio immunization campaign aiming to reach about 3.1 million children under age five. Fauziya Abikar Nur, health minister said the four-day exercise is part of ongoing efforts to sustain …
Thane: In order to meet the 100 per cent target of MR vaccination, the civic health authorities have decided to visit each and every household so that not a single child is missed from being vaccinated for measles and rubella vaccination shots. The health department stated that this move was …
No fewer than 1.13 million children are expected to be vaccinated against polio in the ongoing four-day house-to-house immunisation exercise in Adamawa. The Information Officer of the State Ministry of Health, Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar, made this known on Monday in Yola. Abubakar said the four-day exercise under Supplementary Immunisation Plus …
Four lakh children took the polio drops against the target of 4.8 lakhs in Hyderabad district. Hyderabad: Health officials said that 96.5 per cent of families having children under the age of five years administered the polio vaccine on Sunday. On the day one, 35,48,524 children took the polio drops, …
Frangeline is aged two but weighs no more than a four-month-old -- the terrible result of her battle with measles, which is cutting a deadly swathe through Madagascar. Widespread malnutrition and low rates of immunisation on the Indian Ocean island have ramped up the killing power of the highly infectious …
South Africa is part of a 'pariah' group of countries that are not certified polio-free, thanks to weaknesses in our surveillance and vaccination programme. The Department of Health is determined to win back its certificate in April, and it launched an immunisation survey last week to check on the nation's …
The study estimates that vaccination and screening could result in cervical cancer being eliminated as a public health problem, with average rates across countries falling to less than 4 cases per 1 lakh by 2055-59 in countries with very high levels of development India can eliminate cervical cancer by 2079, …
In line with the Government of India’s deep commitment towards elimination of viral hepatitis, the “National Action Plan – Viral Hepatitis” was launched by Union Minister of State, Health & Family Welfare. Viral hepatitis is recognized as an important public health problem across the world. According to WHO estimates, viral …
The High Court on January 22 had made it clear to the Delhi government that the risks of administering measles and rubella vaccine have to be indicated in its advertisements if the drive has to be carried out in schools. With Delhi High Court putting a stay on the measles-rubella …
Refusal or hesitation to get vaccination against deadly diseases despite availability of vaccines is seen as one of the top threats to public health, according to World Health Organisation (WHO). The UN agency recently released a list of what it considers the top 10 threats to global health for 2019, …
Teachers have been told to be part of the vaccination teams, along with the designated health workers, and to create awareness and sensitisation regarding the vaccine among students and parents in all government, government-aided and unaided recognised schools in Delhi. A section of teachers in Delhi have voiced concerns over …
Currently, immunisation against hepatitis B requires injectable vaccines, with the first booster shot after one month, and the second after six months. Two years after researchers at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) developed an oral vaccine for hepatitis B, the project has moved an inch closer to …
