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. …
• A new vaccine-based treatment for HIV has succeeded in suppressing the virus in five patients, raising hopes further research could help prevent Aids without the need for daily drugs. • Researchers combined two innovative HIV vaccines with a drug usually used to treat cancer in the trial, conducted over …
The Western Cape health department has vaccinated 15,000 pupils and children against measles in Stellenbosch and Drakenstein in February, in an effort to prevent the spread of the disease. There are currently nine confirmed cases of measles and all patients have been treated and are recovering. The department said it …
PANJIM: After creating much havoc in Goa, the Monkey Fever (Kyasanoor Forest Disease (KFD) is now being wide spread in the neighbouring Maharashtra. The KFD, which was originally detected in Kyasanoor forest of Shimoga in Karnataka, has been present all along the Western Ghat striking on the farmers of Goa, …
Two vaccine candidates have been shown to be effective — in one case, 100 percent effective — in preventing malaria. The biotech firm Sanaria Inc. of Rockville, Maryland, developed the vaccines. They prime the immune system against the malaria parasite by introducing live but weakened sporozoites — the earliest spore …
In a move to keep healthcare professionals fit to handle A(H1N1) influenza cases, emergency medical technicians attached to GVK EMRI-108 ambulances are being vaccinated. P. G. Bhanumathi, Deputy Director of Health Services, said on Wednesday that adequate doses of A (H1N1) influenza vaccine have been given to GVK EMRI team …
The ninth G-FINDER survey reports on 2015 global investment into research and development (R&D;) of new products for neglected diseases, and identifies trends and patterns across the nine years of global G-FINDER data. In all, 185 organisations completed the survey for FY2015, which covered: 39 neglected diseases; 160 product areas …
Concerned about the outbreak of measles in Yangon Region, the Department of Public Health has embarked on a mass vaccination campaign among children in five townships to curb the spread of the disease. Dr Win Lwin, Regional Director of Department of Public Health, said yesterday that the department aimed to …
In a double move hailed as a milestone for public health, African leaders have launched an agency to tackle global threats such as Ebola and pledged to make immunisation available throughout the continent by 2020. Under the twin commitments, African heads of state will establish regional health centres around the …
As many as four people died of H1N1 in Tamil Nadu in the last two days. As many as three fresh cases of the infection were reported in the western districts of the state. A 15-month-old boy in Salem died of viral pneumonia and multiple organ failure in a private …
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 31 January 2017,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Today, Heads of State from across Africa endorsed the Addis Declaration on Immunization, also known as the Ministerial Declaration on Universal Access to Immunization, a historic and timely pledge to ensure that everyone in Africa - regardless of who they are …
Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus (JEV) causes severe epidemic encephalitis across Asia, for which the live attenuated vaccine SA14-14-2 is being used increasingly. JEV is a flavivirus, and is closely related to dengue virus (DENV), which is co-endemic in many parts of Asia, with clinically relevant interactions. There is no information …
Ganga Das, 19 and pregnant for the first time, was determined enough to get her immunisation done at a Public Heath Centre (PHC) at Juri village of this block in Jharkhand's East Singhbhum district. Married at the age of 17, Ganga's determination was a result of an equally determined effort …
WHO has asked the government to search all known vaccine cold chain storage points and conduct a physical check of state health facilities. Hyderabad: World Health Organisation in a study has suggested that the TS government carry out investigations to find if trivalent oral poliovirus vaccine is still in use …
Doctors have people to be aware of the virus and have also recommended them to approach doctors in case of a sudden fever. Kurnool: Swine flu symptoms identified during routine check up at Kurnool general hospital on Thursday caught health officials on the wrong foot. Though the district is prone …
During November–December 2015, as part of the 2015 cholera outbreak response in Iraq, the Iraqi Ministry of Health targeted ≈255,000 displaced persons >1 year of age with 2 doses of oral cholera vaccine (OCV). All persons who received vaccines were living in selected refugee camps, internally displaced persons camps, and …
Yaws is targeted for eradication by 2020. The mainstay of the eradication strategy is mass treatment followed by case finding. Modeling has been used to inform programmatic requirements for other neglected tropical diseases and could provide insights into yaws eradication. We developed a model of yaws transmission varying the coverage …
CHENNAI: The mosquito menace is acute and, apart from dengue-causing aedes and malaria-causing anopheles, public health experts are worried about the 'culex' which causes Japanese encephalitis (JE). National Vector Borne Disease Control programme data shows that the number of people testing positive for JE, a viral disease, is rising — …
Luanda - Angola on Friday declared the end of a yellow fever outbreak that killed at least 400 people, after an emergency United Nations vaccination campaign covering 25 million people. The outbreak erupted in December last year in the slums of the capital Luanda, spreading to 16 of Angola's 18 …
rVSV-ZEBOV is a recombinant, replication competent vesicular stomatitis virus-based candidate vaccine expressing a surface glycoprotein of Zaire Ebolavirus. We tested the effect of rVSV-ZEBOV in preventing Ebola virus disease in contacts and contacts of contacts of recently confirmed cases in Guinea, west Africa. Original Source
The World Malaria Report 2016 summarizes information received from malaria-endemic countries and other sources, and updates the analyses presented in the 2015 report. The World Malaria Report is WHO’s flagship malaria publication, released each year in December. It assesses global and regional malaria trends, highlights progress towards global targets, and …
