This annual report of WHO’s work between July 2019 and June 2020, was finalized four months after the COVID-19 pandemic first arrived in the WHO African Region. Over the past year, WHO country offices, emergency hubs, inter country support teams and the Regional Office for Africa, with the support of …
“We aim to immunise all children in the age group of nine months to 10 years irrespective of their immunisation status. This is part of the Central Government's massive anti-measles catch-up vaccination drive that will try and cover more than 13 crore children in 14 vulnerable States,” said Union Health …
Concerned over the large number of child deaths due to measles every year, the Centre has launched a massive anti-measles vaccination drive. More than 13 crore children are expected to be covered under the Measles Catch-up Campaign, irrespective of their previous measles vaccination status. The drive has been launched by …
SHILLONG: About 37.7 percent of the state’s population has been covered under the Measles Catch Up Campaign which is being carried out to provide children between 9 months to 10 years of age with an additional dose of Measles vaccine, irrespective of previous vaccination status or disease history since October …
Bhubaneswar: In a bid to improve the maternal and child healthcare practices in the state, the Odisha government on Wednesday launched the state-funded scheme Mamata. Under this scheme, nearly six lakh pregnant women will be covered every year with an annual disbursement of Rs 350 crore. Inaugurating the scheme at …
Vaccination for measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) should be followed up by a second dose to provide strong immunity to children against these troublesome diseases. A single dose of MMR vaccine does not provide the required im-munity. According to a research study by senior resear-chers Dr G. Sunil, Dr Shukla …
SHILLONG: The 2nd day of the Measles Catch-up Programme in East Khasi, West Khasi and Jaintia Hills districts picked up momentum especially at the school session sites. There was a good turnout in schools like Nongkwar Presbyterian School, Umthlong Christian School, Stephen Memorial School, Mawroh, and St. George’s School, Umkdait-Nongmynsong, …
SHILLONG: Meghalaya being one of the 14 states of the country today has began to fight against the spread of measles and reduce deaths from measles with the State Health Department has started to conduct the Measles Catch-Up Campaign in three district of East Khasi hills, West Khasi hills and …
SHILLONG: The State Health Department through the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) is all set to conduct the Measles Catch-Up Campaign targeting to provide mass vaccination to more than 6 lakhs children (from 9 months of age to 10 years) covering 93-99 per cent of the population especially in the …
The study also raises questions on the timing of first immunisation at 9 months Only one in five children, vaccinated for measles in Delhi, is actually protected against the disease, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). The study, which appeared in the latest issue of the Indian …
SHILLONG: A meeting sensitizing NGOs and Media persons on the ongoing Measles catch up campaign was conducted on Wednesday at the social Mobilization Experimentation and Training Centre (SMELC) in Dakopgre, Tura. The measles catch up campaign is a special drive to vaccinate all children between the age group of 9 …
JAIPUR: The death of two infants in Nagaur district due to contaminated measles vaccine has shaken the medical and health department as they have decided to issue fresh guidelines for the vaccination programme in the state. The department has directed all primary health centres to destroy vaccines which remained open …
Europe, especially France, has been hit by a major outbreak of measles, which the UN health agency is blaming on the failure to vaccinate all children. The World Health Organisation said Thursday that France had 4,937 reported cases of measles between January and March
A high-level team probing the recent deaths of infants in Gujarat says the children may have died because of wrong handling of measles vaccines. In their preliminary report, experts from the Union Health Ministry and the National Centre for Disease Control have pointed to an
Information provided by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare in responde to RTI filed by Dr. Babu K V seeking details on the total no. of deaths following immunization in the country (AEFI) from 2001 to 2009.
Measles remains an important cause of child mortality, although the numbers of measles-related deaths has decreased during the last decade through childhood immunisation programmes and follow-up measles vaccine campaigns. In 2005, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) launched a global plan to further reduce …
JEYPORE: Sudden change in weather in the tribal areas has taken its toll with over 100 cases of measles being registered in Jeypore and Ravanaguda PHCs. Officials of Health and Social Welfare Department have sprung into action to check the outbreak of the air-borne diseases. According to reports, measles cases …
Dispur has set 2011 as the deadline for 100 per cent measles immunisation among children in the state. The state director of the National Rural Health Mission, J.B. Ekka, today said Morigaon has been selected as one of the districts in the country for a special measles vaccination drive or …
The Union Health Ministry on Wednesday ruled out any defect in the measles vaccine, administration of which resulted in the death of four children at Mohanlalganj near Lucknow on Saturday. The Government attributed the casualties to systemic failure. “The vaccine was right. There was system failure. There must be something …
Misleading and inaccurate claims published by an Australian anti-vaccination campaign group pose a risk to public health, a government watchdog has ruled. The Health Care Complaints Commission (HCCC), the health watchdog for the state of New South Wales, based in Sydney, issued the warning yesterday over information presented on the …
