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. …
Nigeria secures $575 million World Bank loan to rebuild north-east, combat polioNigeria secures $575 million World Bank loan to rebuild north-east, combat polio In its effort to completely eradicate polio, countries and partners have pledged $1.2 billion to protect 450 million children from the disease every year. According to a …
Malawi Government is targeting over 10 million children in 2017 Measles-rubella vaccine campaign which is set for 12 to 16 June this year. The integrated Measles-rubella campaign has included three interventions; measles-rubella vaccination targeting at least 7.9 million children aged nine months to 15 years, Vitamin A supplementation targeting about …
“India is responsible for 20 per cent of all pneumonia deaths, which is nearly 3.5 lakh. Uttar Pradesh is at the top of the list in terms of deaths in India,” said Dr Bhrigu Kapuria, immunization specialist, UNICEF. In order to protect children from pneumonia and a host of other …
CHENNAI: Schoolchildren in Tamil Nadu will from this academic year be required to be vaccinated unless a medical reason prevents them. A notification to make all vaccines under the national immunisation programme mandatory for schoolchildren in Tamil Nadu is being prepared and will be out by July. This will end …
This is because both the vaccines undergoing trials will take several years to reach the counters. Though scientists at the ICGEB, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, in the Capital, confirmed the first phase of the human clinical trials of Malaria vaccine and the pre-clinical research of 'Dengue' vaccine …
KINSHASA - Democratic Republic of Congo's Health Ministry has approved the use of a new Ebola vaccine to counter an outbreak of the hemorrhagic fever in its northeast that has killed four people, a spokesman said on Monday. 'The non-objection was given. Now there's a Medecins Sans Frontieres team that …
Aims to accelerate early leads through product-development pipeline Developing home-grown vaccines to prevent dengue, human papillomavirus and pneumococcal infection, and biologics for diseases such as cancers and rheumatoid arthritis, are among the identified focus areas for the recently launched ₹1,500-crore National Biopharma Mission. The final decision on national identified priority …
LUCKNOW: "The people mostly affected with Japanese encephalitis (JE) are those who come from Dalit and minority communities and areas," said state health minister Siddharth Nath Singh in Lucknow on Wednesday. Singh further elaborated that this was due to the lack of hygiene and sanitation in these areas. Talking to …
The campaign is targeting 125000 children aged 6 to 59 months from communities of internally displaced persons in Banadir and Afgoye.21 May 2017 - The World Health Organization with the Federal Government of Somalia and UNICEF launched a preventative measles vaccination campaign yesterday targeting 125 000 children aged 6 to …
Geneva - An unlicensed Ebola vaccine could soon be tested in a remote region of the Democratic Republic of Congo hit by an outbreak of the virus, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday. There is no licensed vaccine for the Ebola virus, but a promising candidate vaccine could be …
To address the fresh outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the World Health Organisation (WHO) may deploy an experimental Ebola vaccine against the scourge for the first time since the United Nations (U.N.) agency gave it preliminary approval in April 2017.(AFP Photo/Seyllou) FG, …
At the monthly Pragati review meeting held last week, Modi, sources said, expressed displeasure that there were still wide disparities in the vaccination coverage of various districts. A little over two years after Mission Indradhanush was launched with fanfare to increase vaccination coverage, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has told the …
More than 200 million people are diagnosed with the disease annually - killing 430,000 every year. The RTS,S vaccine trains the immune system to attack the malaria parasite, which is spread by mosquito bites. The World Health Organization (WHO) said the jab - to be launched in Ghana, Kenya and …
American's stocks of yellow fever vaccines are set to run out this summer, the country's Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has warned. In the body's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly report issued on Friday (28 April), it said it expected "a complete depletion of yellow fever vaccine available for …
NEW YORK, April 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A Saudi Arabian charitable foundation said on Monday it will give $50 million to the United Nations children's agency to help eliminate measles, the largest private donation ever to UNICEF's efforts. The donation by Riyadh-based Alwaleed Philanthropies comes amid rising concern about …
This new WHO report reveals that an estimated 325 million people worldwide are living with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection New WHO data reveal that an estimated 325 million people worldwide are living with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) …
Rotavirus vaccines are now globally recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), but in early 2009 WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization reviewed available data and concluded that there was no evidence for the efficacy or effectiveness of a two-dose schedule of the human rotavirus vaccine (HRV; Rotarix) …
The death figure in the Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) epidemic has risen from 328 to 336 as at yesterday even as the number of cases also increased from 2,524 persons to 2,997. This means that the country has recorded eight more deaths and 473 more cases. But the epidemic is still …
Four in 10 countries in sub-Saharan Africa are impacted by vaccine stockouts leading to 89 percent probability that immunization delivery services will be compromised, a collection of new articles published today in Vaccine journal shows. According to the collection, outdated vaccine supply and distribution systems are delaying and limiting the …
India's health indicators show significant improvement over the last decade with a decline in infant mortality complimented by a better sex ratio, more institutional deliveries and wider vaccine coverage. The population rate is also a showing positive change, according to the new set of government data gathered during the fourth …
