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. …
Global efforts to control and eliminate malaria have saved an estimated 3.3 million lives since 2000, reducing malaria mortality rates by 45% globally and by 49% in Africa, according to the "World malaria report 2013". The large majority of the lives saved were in the 10 countries with the highest …
Wednesday, November 27, 2013 - Hyderabad—The Hepatitis Prevention and Control Programme (Chief Minister’s Initiative) in collaboration with Sindh Youth Affair Department has launched the awareness, screening and vaccination campaign in the educational institutions of the province. Under the campaign, a seminar was organised here at Government Girls College Latifabad Unit-8 …
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - Islamabad—Anti-polio campaign kicked off in twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Monday. A total 495,000 children will be administered anti-polio drops in the four-day campaign. In rural areas, 120,495 kids would be vaccinated against the crippling disease and 379 teams of health department officials, …
102 vaccination posts have been set up along international borders in the wake of outbreak in Syria All States with international borders have been put on alert to reduce the risk of importation of poliovirus from neighbouring countries in the wake of a polio outbreak in Syria. As many as …
PESHAWAR: This year’s polio cases have surpassed the last year’s tally of 58 to 62 with the relevant officials blaming it on the country’s failure to ensure quality polio vaccination, address immunisation refusal cases and reach all children under five years of age despite obtaining the $227 million loan from …
WHO has confi rmed an outbreak of at least ten cases of polio in Syria, where vaccination coverage has dramatically decreased during the civil war. Furthermore, wild-type poliovirus 1 (WPV1) has been isolated from sewage and faeces from asymptomatic carriers in Israel since February, 2013. Tourists and travellers could bring …
Pneumonia claims an innocent child’s life every 30 seconds, making it the number one cause of childhood mortality in the world. In Pakistan too, it is responsible for the death of 92,000 children of under-five annually and contributes 18 per cent to the total child deaths. This was stated by …
ISLAMABAD = Pneumonia kills one child every 30 seconds making it the number one global cause of childhood mortality. In Pakistan alone, it is responsible for the death of 92,000 children of less than 5 years of age annually and contributes 18 per cent to the total global child deaths. …
In 2013, the Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Pneumonia and Diarrhea (GAPPD) was developed and issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF, outlining key interventions that should be universally adopted, with the goal of ending preventable pneumonia and diarrhea mortality in children by 2025. …
Brazil´s top biomedical research and development center announced plans on Monday to produce a combined measles and rubella vaccine for developing countries, mainly in Africa. The first Brazilian vaccine developed specifically for export will be made by Bio-Manguinhos, a unit of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), in partnership with the …
Despite World Health Organization (WHO) prequalification of two safe and effective oral cholera vaccines (OCV), concerns about the acceptability, potential diversion of resources, cost and feasibility of implementing timely campaigns has discouraged their use. In 2012, the Ministry of Health of Guinea, with the support of Médecins Sans Frontières organized …
Despite a relatively successful vaccination campaign undertaken by the Animal Disease Control Project of the government, foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreaks have been reported from different parts of the district, including the City Corporation limits, in the past two months. Veterinary officials have attributed the cause of spread of virus to …
A new vaccine will help, but will not defeat malaria. On October 8th researchers announced progress in developing a vaccine against malaria. GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), a British pharmaceutical firm, said it would seek regulatory approval next year for this vaccine, called RTS,S. GSK and its charitable partner, the PATH Malaria Vaccine …
A vaccine against malaria could be introduced in the world’s worst-hit countries in 2015, after the latest trial of a treatment produced by Britain’s biggest drug company reduced the number of cases of the disease experienced by babies. The results of trials published on Tuesday in Durban, South Africa, showed …
Over the last two years, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), a private-public partnership that has reduced polio worldwide by 99% since its launch in 1988, has greatly expanded the coverage of polio vaccination in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Nigeria—the three countries where polio is still endemic and the success of …
The State government has formed an eight-member expert committee which will look into the death of cattle due to the rapidly spreading viral infection of foot and mouth disease. Animal Husbandry Minister T B Jayachandra said on Monday the committee would investigate the causes for the spread of the disease, …
India will soon be better armed to combat Japanese encephalitis (JE), a viral disease that affects the brain. Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad will launch the first ever indigenous JE vaccine on Friday. Produced under PPP by Bharat Biotech with Pune’s National Institute of Virology (NIV), the vaccine is …
Ban on entry of cattle from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu With the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease getting confirmed in Kerala, entry of cattle (cows, bulls, and buffaloes) from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu into Kerala has been banned. V. Brahmanandan, Director, Animal Husbandry Department, told The Hindu that the ban will be …
The deadly foot-and-mouth disease, which claimed over 700 cattle this year in the state, is becoming a major cause of worry. The toll shot up from 456 last week to 730, more than the total number of deaths reported in the past seven years. Low subscription of the available vaccination …
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has asked the health departments of all states to discontinue the use of a particular batch of Hepatitis B vaccine supplied to government hospitals across the country. The ministry has written to all states that the Central Drug Laboratory, Kasauli, has found …
