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. …
Third Partnership for Polio Eradication Project for Pakistan will be launched from next financial year July with a total cost of US $154.21 million with the co-operation of World Bank, Japan International Co-operation Agency (Jica) and World Health Organisation (Who), which will be completed within two years. According to World …
Ahead of the Esala season, the Blue Paw Trust (BPT) together with the Kataragama Pradeshiya Sabha have made arrangements to eradicate rabies from the sacred city through vaccinating and sterilizing stray dogs. The program will be held during the second week of June. It is has been discovered that there …
A 10-day Japanese Encephalitis vaccination campaign got underway today in Kamrup district. R S Jain, Deputy Commissioner, Kamrup officially declared the campaign open at a ceremony held at Majirgaon LP School under Azara block PHC. Nearly 200 students along with their parents attended the inaugural function held under the chairmanship …
In order to combat the threat of Japanese Encephalitis, the Kamrup District administration has chalked out plans to vaccinate all children between one to fifteen years of age. The vaccines would be provided free of cost and would be administered by people specially trained for the purpose. Starting on May …
The recent enrolment of the first volunteer at the Tuberculosis Research Centre in Chennai for a Phase I prime-boost AIDS vaccine clinical trial to be conducted simultaneously at the centre and the National AIDS Research Institute in Pune marks a new beginning in the search for a real AIDS vaccine. …
In view of the Government vaccination programme against Japanese Encephalitis from May 4-15 in Kamrup (Metro) district, the administration under Section 144 CrPC has prohibited voluntary organisations, and private doctors and individuals from doing vaccination on their own before 28 days or after the Government programme, an official release said.
Federal officials said it would take until January, or late November at the earliest, to make enough vaccine to protect all Americans from a possible epidemic of swine flu. And beyond the US and a few other countries that also make vaccines, some experts said it could take years to …
Federal officials said it would take until January, or late November at the earliest, to make enough vaccine to protect all Americans from a possible epidemic of swine flu. And beyond the United States and a few other countries that also make vaccines, some experts said it could take years …
Fresh efforts and funding to tackle malaria in recent years have brought the goal of eradicating the deadly disease within sight, health experts said on Friday. Wiping out malaria worldwide could take decades but many countries where it is endemic are on the brink of eliminating the disease, which infects …
A vaccine that protects babies against fatal bacterial infections was introduced in Rwanda last week, its first distribution in a third world country. The pneumococcal conjugate vaccine has been sold under the Prevnar brand name in the United States since 2000, and Rwanda will get three million doses
Scientists are undertaking research to develop a vaccine for immunisation against malaria. The vaccine is expected to reduce the severity of the disease. The scientists at the international Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) in New Delhi are involved in the research on malaria for the past few years. …
An unusual strain of swine flu is circulating among people in the Southwest but is not known to have caused any deaths, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. The agency, which has found only seven cases, expects to find more now that it has begun looking intensively …
A vaccine for tuberculosis, developed by the Oxford University, has started undergoing clinical trials, making a new vaccine for the disease a possibility. More than two billion people are infected with tuberculosis, which means approximately one out of every three people on the planet. Tuberculosis infects over nine million people …
SHILLONG: Meghalaya is awaiting medical kits from the Centre to go for a mass vaccination to combat the dreaded meningocal meningitis in four districts of the State. Although the government has been slow in complying to the suggestions of the expert committee constituted by Union Health Ministry as well as …
INDIAN vaccine makers are setting their sights on tapping the growing US market after the Obama Administration committed $300 million for implementing immunisation programmes in the country. Companies like Bharat Biotech, Serum Institute and Biological E, regular suppliers to WHO vaccines programmes, are now looking at entering the US market. …
R. Prasad CHENNAI: The first volunteer for the Phase I prime-boost AIDS vaccine trial, which will have a duration of two years, has been enrolled by the Tuberculosis Research Centre (TRC) here.
Healthcare and Nutrition Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva, said an unprecedented anti-malaria campaign was underway in Sri Lanka. He said affected countries, NGOs, donor governments, researchers and international agencies were joining hands to control and eventually eradicate this scourge from the globe. Minister de Silva speaking before a gathering of …
Around 2400 children were vaccinated during two-day polio vaccination campaign launched by Payaam- a volunteer organisation in collaboration with Islamabad Traffic Police and Ministry of Health. A large number of parents visited the camps set up during the campaign and got their kids vaccinated. Besides administering polio drops medical experts …
