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. …
Nawalparasi district has been declared the first fully immunized district in the country. The plan to declare the fully immunized district was achieved after all the people in Ramgram Municipality were vaccinated in the recent days. People in all 73 VDCs and a municipality were inoculated to achieve the target, …
Environmental water samples taken from Shaheen Muslim Town in Peshawar have tested negative for poliovirus for the first time in the last 20 months. Officials said that Sehat Ka Insaf programme launched by the provincial government played significant role in the achievement. They said the area had emerged as polio-infected …
The District Health Office has declared four VDCs with cent per cent vaccination as per its target to declare 10 VDCs of the district with full immunization. The VDCs declared to be with cent per cent immunization are Sulubung, Sumbak, Barbote and Sankhejung. Among other VDCs to be declared with …
Mobile teams deployed to administer drops in remote areas Over 4.13 lakh children below the age of five were administered oral polio vaccine at the intensive pulse polio campaign held in Krishnagiri and Dharmapuri districts on Sunday. The vaccinations were administered to the children in 1,874 centres including 73 urban …
Dr Vikas Suri and Dr Ashish Bhalla from Chandigarh said children less than a year old and people suffering from diabetes, AIDS, cancer, etc were at high risk of catching the H1N1 virus. They were addressing the gathering at the 69th annual conference of Association of Physicians of India (API) …
Telangana Bill scheduled to be taken up for discussion in Parliament tomorrow The Andhra Pradesh government on Monday unveiled an exclusive policy for the lifesciences sector with a mission mode approach over the next five year at the inaugural session of the annual edition of BioAsia summit here. The policy …
The National Institute of Health Islamabad confirmed a new polio case in North Waziristan Agency on Monday. “The country has registered 10 cases this year, all from North Waziristan Agency,” officials said. They added that North Waziristan Agency had recorded 44 cases, highest number of the 92 cases registered in …
DIBRUGARH, February 10: The Japanese Encephalitis Vaccination Campaign in the district was formally flagged off at the Deputy Commissioner’s office here today. The campaign aims to vaccinate adults and the National Health Mission (NHM) expects to cover more than 7, 35,000 persons during the nine days. A brief meeting was …
Congratulating the country for its monumental achievement, Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General, World Health Organization, said, “India has shown the world that there is no such thing as impossible. This is likely the greatest lesson, and the greatest inspiration for the rest of the world.” Addressing the ‘India’s victory over polio’ …
Chennai: If your child was born in the last few years, he or she is likely to live five years more than children born a decade ago. Data released by the Union ministry of health shows that life expectancy in India has gone up by five years, from 62.3 years …
KARACHI - Gunmen killed three health workers taking part in a polio vaccination drive in Karachi on Tuesday, prompting the provincial polio workers’ association to declare a halt to operations across Sindh province. Armed men also opened fire at a polio team in Oghi town of Mansehra killing one worker. …
HUBLI: On the first day of the pulse polio immunization drive, Dharwad district achieved around 93 per cent coverage which is the second highest in the state. Dharwad district was in the sixth to 10th position in the past few years. During the 2012-13 drive, the district achieved 89 per …
Three years ago on August 30, Prashuna (name changed) of Rautahat, who was 1 year and 10 months old then, was diagnosed with polio. Now she is four and struggles to cope with the crippling disease. Prashuna is the last reported case of polio and as a success in halting …
India on Monday marked three years since its last case of polio was reported, a major public health success for a country that until recently accounted for most of the world’s cases. “Proud day for all of us as Indians,” Junior Home Minister RPN Singh wrote on Twitter. “India is …
Children below five years of age in Alwar and Bharatpur have a reason to cheer. They will get five doses of polio drops in five rounds this current year while earlier the health department administered them six doses in six rounds in a year. Since, Alwar and Bharatpur are two …
Canada has announced a contribution of $20 million to be paid over the next three years for eradication of polio in Pakistan. The contribution will support the Unicef ‘Polio Plus Initiative’ by increasing coverage, access and effectiveness of polio vaccine. Canadian Minister of State for Multiculturalism Tim Uppal, concluding his …
Another 50,000 Animals Affected, According To Disease Control Statistics Thrissur: The foot-andmouth disease has claimed 4,300 head of cattle in the state till December 31, besides affecting over 50,000 animals, according to the latest statistics of the Animal Disease Control Project (ADCP) office in Thiruvananthapuram. Project state coordinator Dr J …
This year's first polio case was detected in a one-year-old girl here on Wednesday, said health officials. Fatima, one, is a resident Udab area of Karachi. The girl has never been vaccinated against polio. After this case, toll of polio-affected babies has climbed to 86 in the country. Besides Pakistan, …
Bangladesh will immunise around 22 million children aged 0-59 months on December 21 (Saturday) for bolstering its polio-free status by providing two drops of polio vaccines during the 21st National Immunisation Day (NID), reports UNB. Health workers and volunteers will administer oral polio vaccines to 22 million children at 140,000 …
