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. …
Finance Minister Dayanand Narvekar said that the Government is committed to provide better health facilities in every nook and corner of the State. To achieve this goal the Government has initiated many steps. The Government's sincere efforts to control the malaria have proved fruitful to bring down the Malaria cases …
Sindh, which has planned another mop-up campaign in 14 of its districts after reports of seven confirmed polio cases during the current year, is also anxious to learn more about the efficacy of oral polio vaccines (OPVs) administered to thousands of children up to five years old in the province …
Tamil Nadu enjoys the top slot among the Indian states in providing healthcare. It has a 95 per cent immunisation coverage. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has certified it as a tetanus free state for neonates. No polio case has been reported here in the last four years. Also, there …
The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) has alleged that an agreement between the National Institute of Health (NIH) and the Butantan Institute of Brazil on the import of cell culture rabies vaccine is a gross violation of World Health Organisation (WHO) rules because the Brazilian institute is not approved by the …
Even as health officials investigate the death of two children after they were administered Hepatitis B and DTP (diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis) vaccines, TOI has learnt of one more incident in which a two-month-old died this week, this time after taking the BCG (Bacille Calmette-Guerin) vaccine given to prevent childhood …
Mobile medical teams will now reach out to remote/hilly terrains for administering vaccines to children under the supervision of doctors. Besides, the government has formed a high-level committee of health experts to analyse the vaccination model that was introduced following the death of four children in Tiruvallur district on April …
An experimental meningitis vaccine appears to generate more potent immunity than the version now available in young people who suffer most from the disease, researchers reported Monday. Previous research shows the Novartis vaccine, called Menveo, also works in young infants, who are not protected by the current vaccine. BETTER LIFE: …
The Punjab Livestock Department has announced to start a programme on May 15 to save animals from diseases in summer and rainy season. Department Extension Director General Dr Irfan Zahid chairing a department meeting on Monday said animals would get injections fighting various diseases. This campaign will continue till June …
An experimental meningitis vaccine appears to generate more potent immunity than the version now available in young people who suffer most from the disease, researchers reported Monday. Previous research shows the Novartis vaccine, called Menveo, also works in young infants, who are not protected by the current vaccine. BETTER LIFE: …
Japanese encephalitis immunization campaign started on April 2 completed successfully with an achievement of 92.3% of the target covering 4,19,965 children between age group of 1 to 15 years of age. A workable strategy was chalked out in the first District Task Force meeting held recently at DC Conference Hall, …
A three-month-old boy, which was administered vaccine on Wednesday died on Saturday The child's parents alleged that death was due to vaccination while the Health Department declared it to be death due to diarrhoea. According to sources, the couple Suresh (24) and Sigamani (20) residing in Kammanallur area of Lalapet …
Hearsay among people in Uttar Pradesh has led to the high incidence of polio in the state. A team which went to administer polio drops to under five children here, met with a considerable resistance from parents. "These drops will make our children paralytic',said some parents in Harola village. Dr. …
Measles outbreaks in several states have led to more than 70 cases so far this year, the worst in six years, health officials said Thursday. Most of the cases have been traced to outbreaks overseas and are mainly in children who were not vaccinated for religious or other reasons, according …
The National Highways and Motorway Police (NH∓) will facilitate district polio teams in the administration of Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) to the children travelling on intercity routes at toll plazas within their jurisdictions across the country on national and sub-national immunisation days. Sources privy to the anti-polio activities in the …
WHILE some districts reported a lower than usual turnout at the vaccination drive held across the state on Wednesday, government health officials said the overall response was good, with an average turnout of 95 per cent. Following the death of four infants after administration of measles vaccine in Tiruvallur district …
THE death of a nine-month-old baby girl created a flutter in Tirunelveli on Tuesday after the parents of the baby claimed that the death was due to administration of Hepatitis B vaccination. A joint enquiry was conducted by the Health Department officials and Tirunelveli Corporation. While officials claimed to have …
Polio resurfaces in Pakistan: Efforts to eradicate polio appear to have taken a blow following confirmation of a third case in Pakistan's Sindh Province this year. The disease was confirmed in a 16-month-old child in Shikarpur district, Sindh, on March 21. Following this, the health ministry launched a three-day campaign …
A free vaccination and treatment camp was organized by the Early Birds, a wildlife and animal care organization yesterday at Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary on the occasion of World Veterinary Day at Raja Mayang and Murabori village. This was stated in a press release. Altogether 173 cattle were vaccinated and free …
THE government may increase the number of days on which vaccines are administered under the State's vaccination drive, Director of Public Health and Medicine Dr P Padmanabhan has said. As of now, vaccines are administered every Wednesday by Village Health Nurses, usually in schools or anganwadis. With the State Government's …
