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. …
Nothing alarming about vaccine-derived polio virus, says Union Health Minister “India continues to remain polio free. What has been found here is a vaccine-derived polio virus and not a wild strain. There is nothing to be alarmed as we are following all the protocols prescribed by the World Health Organisation …
The Health Ministry on Wednesday said that a special immunisation drive needs to be taken up in Hyderabad and Rangareddy districts of Telangana, following reports that polio virus (P2 strain) has resurfaced in India. The ministry denied reports of the virus having resurfaced, and said that the polio virus strain …
The National Family Health Survey 2015-16 (NFHS-4), the fourth in the NFHS series, provides information on population, health and nutrition for India and each State / Union territory. NFHS-4, for the first time, provides district-level estimates for many important indicators.
The surveyors have also found that there is a practice of operation theatre attendants and other staff of the hospital demanding 'badhai/shagun' from patients after the delivery of a child. A survey of district hospitals in Punjab by the Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID) has found …
More than 150 countries have begun switching to a different polio vaccine - an important milestone towards polio eradication, health campaigners say. The new vaccine will target the two remaining strains of the virus under a switchover 18 months in the planning. There were just 74 cases of the paralysing …
Typhoid is an important public health challenge for India, especially with the spread of antimicrobial resistance. The decision about whether to introduce a public vaccination programme needs to be based on an understanding of disease burden and the age-groups and geographic areas at risk. Original Source
Urban India is more sick than the rural hinterland despite the mushrooming of health and wellness clinics and super-specialty hospitals, besides better per capita earnings. And this could well be attributed to increasing pollution levels and unhealthy dietary habits. A government health survey has revealed that around 11.8% of urban …
Several rounds of national health surveys have generated a vast amount of data in India since 1992. We describe and compare the key health information gathered, assess the availability of health data in the public domain, and review publications resulting from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS), the District Level …
The Rapid Survey on Children shows a new trend of an increased access to healthcare by marginalised communities like Dalits, Adivasis and Other Backward Classes which have made substantial gains in the last decade. However much needs to be achieved in the realm of nutrition and sanitation where these communities …
Dutse — Six under-five children have died following an outbreak of measles and whooping cough in Suletankarkar Local Government Area of Jigawa state, Daily Trust learnt yesterday. It was gathered that Maizare village where the six deaths occurred was the worst hit among the six villages affected by the outbreak …
Even as incidence of hearing impairment among children is increasing at a fast pace, around 60% of it can be prevented by immunisation against various diseases, controlling noise pollution and regulating use of some medicines, says the World Health Organisation (WHO). According to the UN agency, over 5% of the …
The HPV vaccine protects people against the group of 150-odd HPVs, some of which can cause cervical cancer. Delhi has become the first state in the country to launch the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine as a public health programme for school children. Health Minister Satyendar Jain Monday said girls studying …
Global vaccine experts and officials from all 26 African "meningitis belt" countries have convened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to celebrate one of Africa's biggest public health achievements—the introduction of a vaccine, MenAfriVac, designed, developed, and produced for use in Africa, that in five years of use has nearly eliminated serogroup …
Swarms of mosquitoes around Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in the city have raised concern among the health officials. A chance bite of the Aedes mosquito of a Zika virus infected international traveller can trigger infection. The state health department is conducting an entomological surveillance to keep the mosquito density in …
Six-year-old Karthik from Ramanagaram had his eye balls jutting out along with persistent fever since he was two. Born to a diabetic auto rickshaw driver and a mother who does odd jobs to earn money for his treatment, Karthik was diagnosed with cancer at Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, six …
More than half of the children in 10 out of 15 states are still anaemic shows National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) for 2015-16 released by the Union Health Ministry today said. It also showed that more than half of women were anaemic in eleven states . The Ministry of Health …
Polio transmission may be at its lowest-ever levels globally, but a top WHO official warns that the risk of importation of the virus into all polio-free areas still persists. On January 13, WHO South-East Asia Region completed five years without any case of wild polio virus. “Globally, polio transmission is …
KOCHI: A total of 26.16 lakh children under five years of age were administered polio drops in the State on Sunday as part of phase-I of the immunisation drive. The programme was conducted through 21,371 pulse polio booths arranged at bus stands, railway stations, airports, government/private hospitals and anganwadis. Mobile …
The available data on routine immunization in Nigeria show a disparity in coverage between Northern and Southern Nigeria, with the former performing worse. The effect of socio-cultural differences on health-seeking behaviour has been identified in the literature as the main cause of the disparity. Our study analyses the role of …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Low Immunization Levels of Children in the Country, 01/12/2015. The details of India’s children who are administered the three doses of the Diphtheria Pertussis Tetanus (DPT) vaccine State/UTs wise are Annexed.
