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. …
Nilphamari Correspondent :Two new vaccines have been introduced in the Extended Programme on Immunization (EPI) in Nilphamari district from this month under Health Department to combat new form of diseases and accelerate fight against child mortality.Those two vaccines would be provided in addition to the babies along with other regular …
Cases of pneumonia among children in Kilifi have reduced sharply after the introduction of a vaccine in 2011, latest results show. The pneumococcal vaccine was introduced in Kenya in 2011 mostly to prevent pneumonia and meningitis. Ministry of Health and KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme have been monitoring reported cases at …
Puncturing the government’s ambitious immunization programme to control Japanese Encephalitis (JE), China has refused to supply additional doses of the vaccine to India. India currently procures 66 million doses of JE vaccine from China and has sought an additional 16 million doses to expand the coverage of its ongoing National …
The spurt in swine flu cases has people rushing to doctors for vaccination, but experts suggest they should calm down instead because the outbreak has almost run its course making the vaccine almost redundant. "Not everybody needs to take a swine flu vaccine. People in high-risk categories and children below …
Pakistan has wasted $3.7 million (2.4 million pounds) worth of vaccines donated to protect children from deadly diseases because officials failed to store them properly, a senior health official told Reuters on Monday. The scandal is the latest problem to be exposed in Pakistan's poorly run public health services. "We …
India bears the largest burden of tuberculosis (TB) in the world. The TB prevention and control landscape in India is fraught with challenges at multiple levels, including low risk perception, lack of awareness, social stigma, an unregulated private sector and lack of treatment adherence. The Revised National TB Control Programme …
Measles vaccinations must be immediately stepped up across Europe and central Asia after a series of outbreaks, the World Health Organization says. Officials say they have been "taken aback" by more than 22,000 cases in 2014 and the first months of this year. The WHO demands that counties control the …
Public confidence in vaccination is vital to the success of immunisation programmes worldwide. Understanding the dynamics of vaccine confidence is therefore of great importance for global public health. Few published studies permit global comparisons of vaccination sentiments and behaviours against a common metric. This article presents the findings of a …
NIGERIA has introduced the inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) into the nation’s routine immunization schedule. Also, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) said Monday that Nigeria was on course to interrupting the transmission of the wild polio virus. It will be recalled that the World Health Assembly in May …
An 18-month-old boy who was not vaccinated against measles has died of the virus in Berlin, health officials said on Monday, adding they would try to boost vaccination rates and increase checks on children’s status. The German capital has seen about 600 cases of measles since an outbreak began last …
The eleven member states of World Health Organization South-East Asia Region committed to eliminate measles by 2020. In phased manner, Government of India is working on this goal, and has introduced two-dose strategy for measles vaccine in the routine immunization. Molecular epidemiology of measles in India has been considerably growing …
As many as 216 people have lost their lives to swine flu across the country in the first ten days of February as the death toll due to the contagious disease mounted to 407 this year, mostly in states like Gujarat and Rajasthan. The latest government data said that 5,157 …
Two hundred and twenty thousand children were not immunized last year against the six killer diseases - polio, diphtheria, tuberculosis, pertussis (whooping cough), measles and tetanus, according to Dr. Joan Awanyo-Akaba, the Civil Society rep on the board of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI). The alarming figures, …
Experimental Ebola vaccines to be tested in West Africa could go through an alternative path for U.S. regulatory approval, since a waning epidemic is making it difficult to gather the full array of data normally gathered in clinical trials. The vaccines, developed by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, GlaxoSmithKline …
Ebola is the single biggest threat to the survival of gorillas and chimpanzees, having wiped out a third of their populations since the 1990s. With mortality rates as high as 95% for gorillas and 77% for chimpanzees, the virus constitutes a bigger threat to the apes than humans, says an …
Here is good news: vaccines to cure deadly Ebola will be available by the end of this year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. Citing that two leading vaccines appear safe and will soon be tested in healthy volunteers in West Africa, the International health agency said that these …
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has approved an effective and affordable vaccine for meningitis, called MenAfriVac, to be injected on vulnerable children. This is contained in statement issued by the UN Health Agency, on Saturday in Nairobi. It said the routine immunisation on infants in the meningitis hotspots across Sub-Saharan …
LONDON, England (AP) — The World Health Organization says the two leading Ebola vaccines appear safe and will soon be tested in healthy volunteers in West Africa. After an expert meeting this week, WHO said there is now enough information to conclude that the two most advanced Ebola vaccines — …
Seattle — The Art of Saving a Life Project Features the Work of Angélique Kidjo, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, GMB Akash, Sophie Blackall, Thomas Ganter, Vik Muniz, Alexia Sinclair and Others, and Debuts at Critical Moment for Global Vaccine Advocacy The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today introduced The Art of …
Vaccines are one of the greatest advancements in the history of health. They have saved millions of lives, and resulted in better health and opportunity for families everywhere. But despite great progress, one in five children today do not have access to the life-saving vaccines they need. The stories behind …
