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. …
When a large number of children are vaccinated for pneumonia, other children too benefit as the spread of the infection is contained. This automatically reduces deaths due to the infection, said Adam H.R. Finn, professor of paediatrics, University of Bristol. Even if vaccination is provided partially to a high-risk group …
The Dasharath Municipality, Baitadi has been declared fully vaccinated municipality in the country. As many as 301 children below the age of two years in the municipality have received all types of vaccination, thus making the municipality as fully vaccinated municipality, it is learnt. The municipality was recently declared fully …
At least 114 children were hospitalised in Hooghly district after they were mistakenly given Hepatitis B vaccine orally instead of pulse polio drops. Six persons were suspended for the the lapse that triggered protests with angry villagers locking up health workersYesterday was pulse polio day so parents had taken their …
With an eye on polio free status from the World Health Organisation next January, the Health Ministry wants travellers from seven countries — three where polio is endemic and four which have seen recent outbreaks because of virus importation — to undergo polio vaccination before entering India, much like some …
Awaits Union Health Ministry’s Response The first totally indigenous vaccine against Japanese Encephalitis (JE) — created using an Indian strain of the virus — has received the nod of Drug Controller General of India (DCGI). The vaccine is going to be formally launched for public use soon. “DCGI has given …
Report points to a serious dereliction of duty by many of the institutions involved Health activists have appreciated the Parliamentary Standing Committee’s report on the “Alleged Irregularities in the Conduct of Studies Using Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Vaccine by PATH in India.” They commended “its candid, transparent contents, which reflect …
‘Pvt Centres Not Following Protocol For Identification’ Lucknow: As several suspected dengue cases are being reported from different government hospitals and many confirmed cases from private hospitals, the chief medical officer Dr SNS Yadav said panic is being created unnecessarily. “There is no need to worry as it is a …
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine a PIL alleging a sharp increase in infant deaths after administration of pentavalent vaccine, which replaced the tried and tested vaccines to fight five deadly diseases under the universal immunization programme (UIP). Petitioner Yogesh Jain, a former pediatrician in AIIMS and now …
A five-day district wide campaign has kicked off to administer anti-polio drops to more than 695,000 children. Around 1,365 polio teams are actively engaged in the campaign, launched on August 26, with the target to go door-to-door in all the tehsils and union councils of the district so that not …
New vaccine comes with company's own R&D; involving an eight-year long effort and Rs 65 crore investment. Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech International Limited on Monday launched a new typhoid vaccine claiming it to be the world's first clinically proven typhoid conjugate vaccine. Company chairman Krishna M Ella said the new vaccine …
Following 21 reported infant deaths since the introduction of Pentavalent vaccine in India in 2011, the government is planning a large-scale study to determine the safety of the vaccine and the cause of deaths, if any, among children post-immunization. The National Committee on Adverse Events Following Immunization under the Ministry …
Vaccines Help But Exposure To Virus Gives Long-Term Immunity, Says NIV Pune: Patients diagnosed with swine flu now are presenting symptoms similar to those exposed to the virus in 2009, medical experts have said. Immunity developed either through exposure to the virus or vaccination has gone down considerably and hence …
As many as 32,664 children below five years have died in Mumbai city and suburbs in the past five years (from 2008 to 2012). The alarming number was revealed through Right To Information (RTI) Act. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) gave the figure to RTI activist Chetan Kothari. “It was …
Company says WHO prequalification is a key step for distribution of the vaccine in developed countries. Hyderabad-based biopharmaceutical company Biological E (BioE) on Monday said, the WHO has prequalified its Japanese Encephalitis vaccine for global use in adults. The company expects that paediatric indication will also be prequalified by the …
Almost 100 per cent polio vaccination coverage was achieved in the recently held polio drive in union councils that have been declared sensitive in Gadap, claimed deputy commissioner of Malir district Kazi Jan Mohammad on Thursday. He was briefing commissioner Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui during his visit to the district. The …
On May 4, 2013, the ministry of health of VietNam suspended Quinvaxem, the pentavalent combination used in that country, after it had caused 12 deaths and nine non-fatal serious adverse events (3). On investigating the reactions caused by the vaccine, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that the nine non-fatal …
At least 62 new patients of measles were admitted in various hospitals in the provincial metropolis on Friday, raising the number of patients to more than 11,000. Sources said 22 new measles patients were admitted in Children Hospital, while around 18 new patients were brought to Mayo Hospital between Friday …
Continuing its battle to eradicate polio from the district, volunteers of the UNICEF Social Mobilization Network along with the health department are making efforts to cover a total of 128 families who have resisted the polio vaccines. Despite the fact that not a single case of polio has been detected …
An 11-month-old boy from Maharashtra’s Beed district has been found infected with the vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV), the first such case in the state and the third in the country since March 2012. Health officials said the boy’s stool sample tested positive for VDPV on June 1. “The child has been …
Protection against H1N1 and H5N1 in mice and ferrets is expected to last for three to six months.Precious time lost in developing an effective vaccine against influenza A viruses that jump from animals to humans and spread across the world causing a pandemic is quite close to becoming history. According …
