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. …
Scientists say they have developed the world's first vaccine against dengue fever seen to work in large-scale trials. Research in the Lancet journal suggests more than 50% of children who are given the vaccine are protected against the disease. Half the world's population are at risk of catching the mosquito-borne …
A Unicef report disclosed that inaccessibility to some 290,000 (0.29 million) children to immunise them against poliovirus has turned to be a major challenge due to insecurity in Gadap Town of Karachi, North and South Waziristan, FR Bannu and Khyber Agency in Fata, being major reservoirs of the virus all …
A three-day anti-polio campaign in high-risk areas of the district will start today (Monday) to cover more than 200,000 children. Under the drive, the polio teams will visit 27 union councils of Rawalpindi city, cantonment and Tehsil Taxila which have been declared high-risk areas, Executive District Officer (EDO- Health), Dr …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced the decision of the government to introduce four new vaccines as part of India’s Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP). Vaccines against rotavirus, rubella and polio (injectable) will now be provided to all Indian children free of cost. The idea is to expedite India’s progress on …
India will provide four new vaccines free of cost as part of a programme to reduce child mortality, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said. They include one for rotavirus, which kills thousands of children a year. The disease causes dehydration and severe diarrhoea. It spreads via contaminated hands and surfaces, …
New research suggests that the spread of TB in cattle can only be controlled if more radical measures are adopted. Culling of entire herds, more testing and cattle vaccination are needed to reverse the spread of the disease. The lead researcher has told BBC News that the study also confirms …
Penta-valent-vaccine is a combination vaccine administered in a 3-dose schedule, offers protection against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (DPT), hepatitis B, and Haemophilus influenza type B (Hib). The vaccine is widely recommended by WHO and GAVI as a substitute for prevailing vaccination practices against the above mentioned diseases and viruses. The vaccine …
Serious complications related to vaccines are very rare, and there is no evidence that immunizations cause autism, according to an analysis of 67 research studies. The analysis comes as many vaccine-preventable diseases are making a comeback, often in communities with low vaccination rates. At least 539 people across 20 states …
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday launched a two-day vaccination campaign in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district hit by a suspected encephalitis outbreak that has claimed the lives of at least 139 children. “The campaign has been launched to ensure 100 percent immunization of children in the affected areas,” Dr. Vardhan …
The Centre and Bihar Government will undertake a special vaccination drive immunising children in select districts of Bihar affected by the killer Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) on June 22 and 23 but concerns about its effectiveness will still remain as no vaccine has been developed so far to treat the …
44 children have died of the disease in Bihar over the past month The death of 44 children in six districts of Bihar over the past month due to encephalitis has prompted the Union Health Ministry to order 100-per-cent immunisation of children in select districts of the States affected by …
More adults in the city are being diagnosed with measles infection with the majority falling under the age-group of 20-30 years. “Those born before 1990 are more susceptible to the infection, which is often serious, since they have received just one dose of the vaccine,” warned doctors in the city. …
HYDERABAD: Analysis report of sewage samples confirms the presence of poliovirus in Hyderabad which has most probably transferred to the city from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan or Gadap, Karachi, says District Health Officer Dr Ghulam Mustafa Abbasi. The health official said at a press conference at his office on Monday the …
A cheap and easy to deliver oral vaccine against cholera is 86 per cent effective in preventing the infection which causes severe diarrhea and can be fatal, researchers said today. Some 1.4 billion people around the globe were at risk for cholera in 2012, according to World Health Organisation (WHO). …
Alarmed with three cases of death reported over the last four months along with a spurt in measles cases, Delhi government has started an exercise to identify the high risk zones in the national capital to control the spread of the disease. Delhi's Department of Family Welfare has also sent …
Officials said a survey found out of 450 patients admitted for measles, many had taken vaccines as per schedule. Three weeks after the Delhi government started a survey in Delhi’s slum areas to map measles cases, to explain a jump in the number of cases this year, the National Centre …
Few viruses can boast of being the inspiration for hit dance tunes. But then ebola — which can kill up to 90 per cent of victims, has no vaccine or cure, and causes horrific internal and external bleeding — is not your average pathogen. When an epidemic struck west Africa’s …
General category patients to get Peginterferon on government rate contract There’s some respite for Hepatitis-C patients belonging to general category in Haryana, particularly Ratia (Fatehabad), where an unusually high incidence of the infection has been detected. The Health Department today said it would soon start providing the injection Peginterferon for …
Advisor to Chief Minister Punjab on Health Kh Salman Rafiq on Tuesday said that no polio case has been reported from Punjab during the current year while Health Department is making efforts to keep the province polio free. Talking to the media after administering anti-polio drops to children in Rajgarh …
The world’s biggest funder of vaccines for developing countries wants to raise $7.5 billion for inoculations to save as many as 6 million lives over five years. The GAVI Alliance has raised more than $12 billion since its founding in 2000 from governments, charities and companies to help immunize 440 …
