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. …
The rapidly spreading menace of counterfeit, sub-standard and unregistered vaccines is rising risks to poultry industry and could lead to incurable diseases across the country. Poultry farmers told Business Recorder on Monday that the Sindh government in particular failed to rein in the manufacturers and paddlers of illegal drugs. "We …
A new-style bird flu vaccine made using monkey cells instead of chicken eggs appears to be safe and effective, corporate researchers reported on Wednesday. The vaccine against H5N1 avian influenza, made by Baxter International, is the first bird flu vaccine to be made using cells in a lab dish instead …
Pushpa M. Bhargava Even the appropriate WHO document clearly states that there is evidence that OPV has not worked in developing countries. That Sabin's oral polio vaccine (OPV) has not been able to eradicate polio in our country, is now well established (inter alia, Economic and Political Weekly, 4-11-06, p. …
With 15 states and several union territories voicing their concern about the severe shortage of vaccines following the closure of public sector manufacturing units by the Health Ministry in January, the Government is now looking towards private players to meet the demands of the affected states. Speaking to The Indian …
Allows Import Of Biothrax To See Effect On Animals India may soon be able to stockpile a vaccine to protect both its military and civilians against a possible attack with one of the world's most feared biological weapon
TRAVELLERS planning to visit African, West Indian and South American countries, endemic to yellow fevers may have to postpone their plans, since the Government authorised centres in the city to administer the yellow fever vaccines are running out of stock. The vaccination is mandatory to visit the yellow fever endemic …
Cash Incentives Making People Suspicious Kounteya Sinha | TNN Frequent polio vaccination rounds is causing fatigue among vaccinators while cash incentives to mothers for getting their child vaccinated is actually making them suspicious about the repeated oral polio vaccine (OPV) rounds. These are the findings of a study conducted by …
An effective vaccine against cholera has been used for public health purposes in Vietnam since the 1990s. This vaccine was reformulated to meet WHO requirements. The researchers assessed the safety and immunogenicity of the reformulated bivalent (Vibrio cholerae 01 and 0139) killed whole cell oral vaccine in a cholera endemic …
india's Universal Immunisation Programme may suffer yet another blow. The centre has asked all state governments to stop use of measles vaccine manufactured by Indian Immunological Limited, until further orders, after four infants died following inoculation with the drug. The children died in the last week of April soon after …
Continuous pulse polio rounds is one of the reasons contributing to poor coverage under other immunization drives in the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has admitted after a first ever random sample study on such drives. It has also stressed on improved coverage of immunization in the slums, where …
The government is planning to step up surveillance and monitoring of the backyard and commercial poultry farms across the country aiming to check further spread of bird flu. It has also planned to strengthen bio-security at each and every farm to help check the contamination of viral disease to the …
Two weeks after the death of three children in Mumbai following the administration different immunisation dosages, the committee formed by the state government and BMC health authorities has come out with a preliminary report on the cause of the deaths. According to the doctors in the committee, the deaths were …
The Union health ministry will set up a vaccine manufacturing unit with World Health Organisation's licence and a medical park at Chengalpattu, 30 km from Chennai, at an investment of Rs 300 crore to Rs 500 crore. Speaking to reporters in Chennai on Saturday, Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said …
Malaria vaccine will be clinically tested on humans for the first time in India in two malaria-prone areas in Madhya Pradesh and Orissa. "A malaria-affected area at Sundergarh district in Orissa and Mandla block near Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh are the two sites selected close to the sophisticated laboratories of …
The three public sector vaccine manufacturing units in the country could be allowed to resume production if their restructuring was possible, Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said on Saturday. Dr. Anbumani told mediapersons that a committee appointed by the Union Ministry of Health would visit the three units to investigate …
In a major break through, a vaccine for meningitis B, caused by bacterial infection, has performed well in a preliminary trial in Britain. Meningitis is inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, known collectively as the meninges. Vaccines are available against meningitis A and C, but …
Report attributes death of infants to human error at Tiruvallur PHC THE measles vaccine administered to children in Tamil Nadu has been given a clean chit by the Central Drugs Laboratory at Kasauli in Himachal Pradesh. In its report submitted to the Union Health Ministry, the lab suggested that human …
