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. …
Wednesday, May 21, 2014 - Karachi—Sindh health department had as yet administered drops of anti-measles vaccine to 1076922 children of 29 districts of Sindh during day of extended campaign for the prevention of measles, which had recently affected a vast population of children in rural Sindh while many had been …
Cholera has broken out in the capital of South Sudan where five months of civil war has left thousands homeless and disrupted food supplies and health services, according to the World Health Organization. WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic said on Monday nine people were believed to have died of cholera, which …
The government on Thursday announced that residents of its Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) would not be able to travel to other parts of the country without getting vaccinated against polio. The move came days after Pakistan said it would set up mandatory immunisation points at airports to help stop …
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government will launch a two-week campaign to vaccinate 9.6 million children against measles in the province. Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, Provincial Minister for Health Shahram Khan Tarakai said that the drive would be launched across the province on May 19. He said that during …
A Three-day anti polio drive was launched in Balochistan on Monday. Extended Programme of Immunization Balochistan sources told APP here that over 6,000 teams comprising volunteers were taking part in the campaign who would visit door to door across the province to administer anti-polio drops to children of five years …
Complacency in fight against the disease can cost India dear as Pakistan remains a hotbed for the infection, officials warn In a meeting of the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee, the World Health Organization (WHO) voiced its concern over the international spread of wild polio virus. Indian travellers to high-risk …
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday declared the spread of polio an international public health emergency after new cases emerged in various countries. Calling the outbreaks in Asia, Africa and West Asia an “extraordinary event” requiring a co-ordinated “international response”, the international health agency has recommended citizens of affected …
Washington: The World Health Organization on Monday issued an international alert over the resurgence of polio — a disease over which India has just won a hardfought battle. The WHO alert was accompanied by travel restrictions on Pakistan, including the requirement for Pakistanis to show evidence of polio vaccination before …
Yellow fever is a flavivirus infection that is transmitted to people and to non-human primates through the bites of infected mosquitoes. This serious viral disease affects people living in and visiting tropical regions of Africa and Central and South America. In rural areas next to forests, the virus typically causes …
State Minister for National Health Services Saira Afzal Tarar on Wednesday said that the government is launching a phased measles campaign across the country with a total target of vaccinating 62,493,411 children for free.Talking to the media on the eve of the launch of the World Immunisation Week, she said …
A Flood Of Patients With Flu-Like Symptoms Not just the common flu, H1N1 influenza or swine flu is also in circulation in the city. Recently, a 52-yearold man was diagnosed positive for the infection at Max Hospital in Patparganj. Doctors said he had been referred from another hospital with severe …
Two VDCs of the district have been recently declared fully vaccinated. Lekhagaun and Salkota VDCs were declared to be fully vaccinated. With the declaration, the child mortality rate here is expected to be lessened, said health post in-charge Ram Prasad Bhandari. As many as 86 children of 12 to 23 …
Though Bihar's contribution to the incidence of kala-azar countrywide has declined from 80% in 2009 to 77% in 2013, the figure still remains the highest across India. Worldwide too, Bihar followed by border regions of Bangladesh and Nepal has contributed the most to the incidence of this vector-borne disease. The …
In 2012, the WHO estimated that India accounts for 20,000 rabies cases each year, though the government and experts have disputed this figure. The Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI), a statutory body under the Environment and Forests Ministry, is struggling to rope in NGOs and animal welfare groups to …
This second edition aims to inform the revision of existing national guidelines and standards for managing TB, many of which include guidance on children. It includes recommendations, based on the best available evidence, for improving the management of children with TB and of children living in families with TB.
After using oral polio vaccine for decades, India is all set to introduce Injectable Polio vaccine (IPV) from next year. While India has been certified polio free by the World Health Organisation last week, the certification of the region comes as countries prepare for the introduction of inactivated polio vaccine …
For India, which has successfully kept naturally-occurring ‘wild’ polioviruses at bay for three whole years, a new challenge looms. India is among 140 countries that rely on the oral polio vaccine (OPV). These countries have now been asked to introduce an injectable inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) into their routine childhood …
The country will receive the polio-free certification from the World Health Organisation today Health: It has been almost three decades since Bhutan recorded the last clinically compatible polio case. And for that achievement, the World Health Organisation (WHO) will award polio-free certification to the country today. Timely vaccination or immunisation …
The water samples from Larama area in Peshawar on Sunday tested negative for poliovirus, making brighter the chances of eradication of the virus in the country if government ensured vaccination of children in North Waziristan and Khyber Agency, officials said. They said that environmental samples taken from Rawalpindi had also …
New Regulation For Visitors To & From Polio-Endemic Nations Pune: India has made oral polio vaccine (OPV) mandatory for all travellers across all age groups visiting polioendemic countries such as Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Syria, Kenya, Somalia, Nigeria and Pakistan. The new regulation, which came into effect from March 1, is aimed …
