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. …
Campaign launched to bridge gap in coverage of immunisation programme Health Minister Adoor Prakash said here on Tuesday that an expert committee had been appointed to study the proposal for use of pentavalent vaccine under the immunisation programme of the Health Department. Replying to questions at a press conference, the …
New Delhi: An effective vaccine against malaria — the first for any parasitic disease, is a step closer to reality. The first ever widescale trial of the candidate vaccine RTS,S prevented clinical malaria in 56% of five- to 17-month-old children it was tried on over a period of one year. …
Dibrugarh, Oct. 16: The Assam Medical College and Hospital and Regional Medical Research Councilat Lahowal in Dibrugarh will soon conduct a largescale study on the effects of Japanese encephalitis vaccine on adults. This is for the first time in the world that such a study will be conducted. The Rs …
Vaccination for measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) should be followed up by a second dose to provide strong immunity to children against these troublesome diseases. A single dose of MMR vaccine does not provide the required im-munity. According to a research study by senior resear-chers Dr G. Sunil, Dr Shukla …
According to a World Health Organisation Surveillance Officer Even though India is yet to be declared polio-free nation by the World Health Organisation, the year 2011 has something to cheer about for the country in polio eradication drive. The longest polio-free period India has ever had was achieved this year …
United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (Unicef) has appealed to international community for $50.3 million to cover the immediate needs of children and women hit by the recent flood in the country. Unicef official told APP on Wednesday that additional relief supplies for health, nutrition and water are urgently needed …
New Delhi: India has not reported a single polio case in over 200 days. The country’s only polio case reported this year was on January 13 from West Bengal. India has been alert to any sort of import of the virus from neighbouring countries too. The Global Polio Eradication Initiative …
This study is based on EPI (Expanded Program on Immunization) immunization surveys and surveillance of polio, its challenges in immunization and the way forward to overcome these challenges.
The study also raises questions on the timing of first immunisation at 9 months Only one in five children, vaccinated for measles in Delhi, is actually protected against the disease, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). The study, which appeared in the latest issue of the Indian …
Every year, more than one million children under the age of five die as a result of diarrhoea. It is the second-biggest killer in this age group, after pneumonia, and 40% of diarrhoea deaths are caused by rotavirus. That horrific toll could soon fall, thanks to the first major roll-out …
Igor Rudan and colleagues report the results of their consensus building exercise that identified health research priorities to help reduce child mortality from pneumonia.
WHO Sets Alarm Bells Ringing After Deadly Variant Reaches China, Sparks Outbreak Geneva: Pakistan is dubbed as the “epicentre” of global terrorism. Now, the terror-affected country is the hotbed of a deadly strain of polio which threatens to spread globally if not checked. A deadly strain of polio has spread …
LUCKNOW: Mosquitoes are wreaking havoc in the city. Japanese Encephalitis (JE) claimed the life of one Zeeshan (11), who hailed from Gosainganj village, on Monday night. Another patient, Abhishek (4), is a resident of Telibagh area. He is under treatment. Confirming the news, the Lucknow chief medical officer (CMO) said, …
Alarm Raised After 4 Infants In China Infected With The Virus From Pakistan New Delhi: It’s cross-border terror of a different kind. India is on high alert against the deadly polio virus coming into the country from Pakistan and the health ministry has asked the Punjab government to mandatorily vaccinate …
The number of young children who die each day has plunged over the past two decades, new United Nations figures show, but the world is still lagging far behind in efforts to achieve its target for reducing child mortality. Child mortality rates are dropping in every region of the world, …
Gene Therapy Helps Man Fight Leukemia Philadelphia: A year ago, when chemotherapy stopped working against his leukemia, William Ludwig signed up to be the first patient treated in a bold experiment at the University of Pennsylvania. Ludwig, then 65, a retired corrections officer from Bridgeton, NJ, felt his life draining …
In a bid to ensure an effective implementation of immunisation programme, the Union health ministry recently set up a call centre to keep a track and verify children and mothers getting vaccinated across the states. Known as mother and child tracking system centre, so far 80,00,000 pregnant women and 31,00,000 …
The final results of the Phase I prime-boost AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) vaccine trial started in February 2009 and conducted at the two sites — Tuberculosis Research Centre (TRC), Chennai, and the National AIDS Research Institute (NARI), Pune — has shown that the vaccines are safe and their ability …
The poor children have a right to get vaccines that are expensive The condition of basic health infrastructure in Jammu and Kashmir is reflected by the reckless pattern of inoculation for children which does not include vaccines for diseases like chicken pox and hepatitis-A in the government run hospitals where …
A recent Reuters report from London says, international donors led by billionaire Bill Gates pledged $4.3 billion to buy vaccines to protect children in poor countries against potential killers such as diarrhoeal diseases and pneumonia. The funding should allow more than 250 million of world's poorest children to be vaccinated …
