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. …
PATNA: The state government will launch measles rubella (MR) vaccination campaign in September this year. The central government had launched it in August last year. According to the national immunization goals, India has planned to eliminate measles and control congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) caused by the rubella virus by 2020. …
Jaipur: From March, children of the state will get a shield to protect themselves from fatal pneumococcal pneumonia. The Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) will be launched for children to bring down the mortality rate due to pneumonia which is a vaccine preventable disease. The training workshop for health department officials …
THE National Biosafety Authority (NBA) has approved two applications for HIV vaccine trials and malaria control sought by the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ) and Macha Research Trust, respectively. The CIDRZ permit seeks to conduct research trials on the safety and immune-genicity of HVTN 120/ALVAC in Lusaka …
The tuberculosis vaccine bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) has heterologous beneficial effects against non-related infections. The basis of these effects has been poorly explored in humans. In a randomized placebo-controlled human challenge study, we found that BCG vaccination induced genome-wide epigenetic reprograming of monocytes and protected against experimental infection with an attenuated …
Clerics in Patna signing vaccination pledges, camps after sunset for children of migrant workers in Maharashtra, boat clinics in Assam taking the booster shot to remote locations It is not often that India comes in for flattering mention when health indices are discussed. But Mission Indradhanush (MI), a Central government …
The new vaccine was found to have given a longer immunity from typhoid than older vaccines and it required fewer doses for childhood immunisation. Bharat Biotech Ltd (BBL), a Hyderabad-based vaccine maker, on Wednesday, said that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has pre-qualified its typhoid conjugate vaccine. The new vaccine …
Awaiting approval for its dengue vaccine in India, French drug major Sanofi today said it has shared data with authorities here about the risk of administering its vaccine to patients who have not been infected with the virus previously. The company, which is under fire in various countries, including the …
The Philippines launches probe after Sanofi reveals WHO-approved dengvaxia aggravates symptoms in some cases The delay by the health ministry in approving the sale of the first-ever dengue vaccine developed by French pharmaceutical major Sanofi Pasteur might seem like another case of red tape, but the health crisis unfolding in …
DEHRADUN: Dehradun and Haridwar have administered measles rubella (MR) vaccination to 61% and 30% children respectively between 0 and 15 years. The vaccination campaign that was initiated a month ago, suffered a setback in Dehradun due to protests by ANMs and Asha workers. Some schools also refrained from allowing the …
Bauchi — No fewer than 507 suspected cases of measles have been recorded in Bauchi State from January to October 2017. This was disclosed recently by Measles Consultant with World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr. Bezu Bashir, while speaking at a sensitisation meeting with the media and MDA's in preparation for …
To launch eight-day-long campaign from tomorrow as part of measles-rubella vaccination drive The Health Department is making extra efforts to cover more children under the ongoing measles-rubella vaccination drive as the extended deadline ends on November 18. It has now joined hands with unaided school managements to launch an eight-day-long …
MUMBAI: Three-fourths of adult Mumbaikars believe vaccines are meant only for children, found a survey . In a year when swine flu emerged as one of the biggest reasons for hospitalization, 30% of those surveyed said adults should take vaccines only before travelling. But Mumbaikars are not alone in their …
DAKAR, Nov 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A bacterial infection passed from mothers to babies kills around 150,000 unborn children and infants a year but has been widely overlooked in developing countries, researchers said on Monday as they urged faster progress on developing a vaccine. Nearly one in five pregnant …
NAINITAL: Around 21 students of Vijaypur Inter College, a government-aided school in Kanda village of Kumaon’s Bageshwar district were admitted to the district hospital late on Tuesday after complaining of dizziness and uneasiness. Around 150 students of classes IX and X were administered vaccines of measles and rubella disease on …
This report focuses on what is now the single biggest cause of child deaths through infectious disease. Pneumonia is a disease of poverty. Fatalities are concentrated in the world’s poorest countries. Within those countries it is the poorest and most disadvantaged children who face the greatest risks. This report shows …
The researchers aimed to provide the first comprehensive estimates of the burden of group B Streptococcus (GBS), including invasive disease in pregnant and postpartum women, fetal infection/stillbirth, and infants. Intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis is the current mainstay of prevention, reducing early-onset infant disease in high-income contexts. Maternal GBS vaccines are in …
Kimberley - The Department of Agriculture, Rural Development and Land Reform has confirmed outbreaks of swine flu and botulism in the Northern Cape, where livestock has been placed at risk. DA spokesperson for Agriculture, Rural Development and Land Reform Ismail Obaray added that a recent outbreak of African swine flu …
Dehradun: After noting a dip in total immunisation percentage in Uttarakhand to 58% in the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) IV, the state health department has decided to increase the ambit of its Measles-Rubella (MR) vaccination programme by involving common people in the drive. Now, not only health and education …
A new vaccine that could prevent up to nine-in-10 cases of typhoid fever has been recommended by the World Health Organization. Experts say it could have a "huge impact" on the 22 million cases, and 220,000 deaths, from typhoid each year. Crucially it works in children, who are at high-risk …
News about the incident, which started in Nnewi, Oba and Awada, a suburb of Onitsha, filtered into Enugu at about 11.30 a.m. yesterday leading to parents running to schools, especially those owned by the state government, to withdraw their children. • Parents storm schools to withdraw wards • Military dismisses …
