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. …
‘There has been no mutation of the virus and hence the vaccine is effective’ An expert group has strongly recommended vaccination against swine flu (H1N1 virus). Experts have identified three high-risk groups and stressed that the vaccine against H1N1 virus has played a role in reducing mortality among these vulnerable …
HOPES of a universal, commercially licensed malaria vaccine this year may have dimmed as the first candidate malaria vaccine to reach phase III clinical trials, though safe, has been found to provide only modest protection for infants. Results of the RTS,S/AS01 vaccine clinical trial that is being conducted across 11 …
Mexico’s public-health system has suspended infant vaccines and mounted an investigation after two babies died and 29 were sickened in an impoverished community in southern Mexico. Six of the 29 babies are in grave condition after receiving vaccinations for tuberculosis, rotavirus and hepatitis B, which are generally administered between 0 …
A new study suggests the measles shot comes with a bonus: By preventing that disease, the vaccine may also help your body fight off other illnesses for years. It’s long been known that contracting measles weakens the immune system for weeks or months, putting people, especially children, at increased risk …
A trial of a malaria vaccine that targets the most dangerous variety of parasite that causes the disease has shown some positive early results. The vaccine, developed at Oxford University, was 67% effective in a study of 121 men in Kenya, it found. Encouraging results have now been recorded for …
The ongoing measles outbreak linked to the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, shines a glaring spotlight on our nation’s growing antivaccination movement and the prevalence of vaccination-hesitant parents. Although the index case has not yet been identified, the outbreak likely started sometime between December 17 and 20, 2014.1,2 Rapid growth …
Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India, home to six primitive tribes, constituting about 10 per cent of the total population of these Islands have been detected with high endemicity of hepatitis B infection. During 2000, a total of 936 individuals ≤ 45 yr, negative for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) …
North and South America have become the first regions of the world to eradicate rubella, or German measles, after no home-grown cases in five years. The virus - spread by sneezes or coughs - can lead to serious birth defects if contracted by pregnant women. Up to 20,000 children were …
The first malaria vaccine candidate to reach phase-3 of clinical testing was found to partially protect children against the disease up to four years after vaccination and may be available by as early as October this year, scientists reported.The results suggest that the vaccine candidate RTS,S/AS01 could prevent a substantial …
The world's first malaria vaccine has cleared the final test, but the results haven't been emphatic. The final trial results demonstrated that vaccination with RTS,S, followed by a booster dose administered 18 months after the primary schedule, reduced the number of cases of clinical malaria in children (aged 5-17 months …
There is no licensed vaccine against malaria anywhere in the world at present Final clinical trials of a malaria vaccine - the first to reach this stage - suggest it could help protect millions of children against malaria. But tests on 16,000 children from seven African countries found that booster …
GENEVA – Progress towards global vaccination targets for 2015 is far off-track with 1 in 5 children still missing out on routine life-saving immunizations that could avert 1.5 million deaths each year from preventable diseases. In the lead-up to World Immunization Week 2015 (24–30 April), WHO is calling for renewed …
For years it has remained their sole means of negotiation. For the people of Badaun and nearby villages, there is nothing better than to boycott the state-sponsored routine immunisation (RI) programme to get their problems resolved. The same trick was used last time when they faced problems in getting their …
The Australian government has announced that it intends to stop welfare payments to parents who refuse to vaccinate their children. The "no jab, no pay" policy may cost parents more than A$11,000 a year per child in lost benefit payments. Families with children not immunised have been able to receive …
PESHAWAR - Under Sihat-Ka-Ittehad Program, a special anti-polio campaign kicked off in Khyber Pakhtunkwa on Monday. During the three-day campaign, a total of 1.463 million children under the age five years will be administered anti-polio drops in 24 districts of the province. According to a report of the Polio Emergency …
Two new Ebola vaccines have passed an important test, protecting monkeys against the strain of the virus responsible for the current deadly outbreak, researchers reported on Wednesday. Only one dose was needed, and there were no apparent side effects. The vaccines have not yet been tested in people, but safety …
Housemaid Aarti is a proud mother who works in an uptown officers' colony. Oblivious to death that looms over the baby's head, she works hard to raise her child well. The baby has missed a DPT shot given in the twelfth month, making him vulnerable to infections that may lead …
Khartoum - UNICEF (Sudan) has announced the arrival of more than two million doses of measles vaccines on Tuesday, due to the outbreak of the disease recently in different parts of the country. UNICEF representative in Sudan unexplained that due to an outbreak of measles in the past two months …
In an interesting development, the results from the first phase trial on Ebola vaccine suggest that the new vaccine is safe and provokes an immune response. The results based on the current (2014) strain of the virus are published in the Lancet. Until now, all tested Ebola virus vaccines have …
With an aim to vaccinate all partially-vaccinated and unimmunised children by 2020, the government on Monday launched a 15-day media campaign to educate the masses on immunisation, ahead of implementing its ambitious health programme “Mission Indradhanush” in April. Depicting seven colours of the rainbow, the new mission aims to vaccinate …
