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 …
State Minister for National Health Services Saira Afzal Tarar on Wednesday said that the government is launching a phased measles campaign across the country with a total target of vaccinating 62,493,411 children for free.Talking to the media on the eve of the launch of the World Immunisation Week, she said …
At least seven children have been killed while 185 others hospitalised due to the recent outbreak of measles in a village near Keenjhar Lake, Thatta. Representative of various leading humanitarian organisations linked the outbreak of measles to the use of contaminated water of Keenjhar Lake. The death of seven children …
Brazil´s top biomedical research and development center announced plans on Monday to produce a combined measles and rubella vaccine for developing countries, mainly in Africa. The first Brazilian vaccine developed specifically for export will be made by Bio-Manguinhos, a unit of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), in partnership with the …
* Total of 16 deaths reported; inflow of patients expected to end by mid-October RAWALPINDI: The allied hospitals of the city, including the Holy Family Hospital (HFH), Benazir Bhutto Hospital (BBH) and District Headquarters Hospital, have this year registered 1,203 measles cases and 95 suspected dengue fever cases, out of …
Twenty-seven new cases of measles were reported during the last 24 hours as the number of cases in Punjab in the last seven months has reached 22,971. According to health department officials, at least 192 deaths have been reported so far while most deaths occurred in Lahore, Gujranwala, Rajanpur, Rahim …
With 27 new cases reported during the last 24 hours, the number of measles cases in Punjab during the last six and half months has reached to 22,912. According to health department officials, at least 192 deaths have been reported so far while mostly deaths occured in Lahore, Gujranwala, Rajanpur, …
With rapid spread of measles in Punjab, three areas in the provincial capital have been declared high-risk. In a report by the provincial health department, Allama Iqbal, Ravi and Wagah Towns were declared high-risk as the anti-measles drives conducted in these areas was not sufficient. According to the report, vagabond …
After claiming a life and affecting 67 children in Ganjam's Dasiarampalli village, measles has now spread to Rambha. Three out of the five children suffering from the infectious disease were admitted to sub-divisional hospital at Chhatrapur on Thursday. "A medical team has rushed to Rambha. The exact number of children …
With 74 new cases reported during the last 24 hours, the number of measles cases in Punjab in the last six and a half months has reached 22,298. According to health department officials, at least 188 deaths have been reported so far while most deaths occured in Lahore, Gujranwala, Rajanpur, …
Vitamin A supplement has been found to reduce the incidence of diarrhoea and measles in children between six and 59 months, besides decreasing all-cause mortality by 28 per cent in the same age group, says a recently published study. It also points out that early skin-to-skin contact (kangaroo care) in …
Measles claimed lives of three more babies in Punjab during the last 24 hours. According to a spokesman for the Health Department, the babies died of measles in Lahore, Sheikhupura and Faisalabad. Meanwhile, 102 more measles cases were reported all over the province during the last 24 hours, including 12 …
Some 21,710 cases of measles have been reported in the province during the last six and a half months with an addition of 116 new cases during the last 24 hours. According to health department officials, at least 185 deaths have been reported so far, mostly in Lahore, Gujranwala, Rajanpur, …
A special immunization drive to contain the spread of measles in Ganjam district began on Monday. Around 1,000 children up to the age of two would be covered during the six-day drive, said chief district medical officer (CDMO) P K Kar. Kar, however, said the drive would not be extended …
At least 30 new measles patients have admitted in different city and private hospitals between Sunday and Monday. According to report, 14 patients were admitted at Mayo Hospital, four patients in Children Hospital and 12 new patients were admitted in other private hospitals. These reported patients belong to different surrounding …
Forty-six measles patients were brought to hospitals in the province on Monday. So far 21,578 measles cases have been reported from across the province including 5,709 in Lahore. So far 185 kids have lost lives to measles in the province. Anti-measles campain vaccinationDistrict Health Department (DHD) on Monday started a …
A four-year-old girl died due to measles and over 20 children are suffering from the disease at a village in Ganjam district, officials said today. The disease was reported from Dasiarampalli village under Purushootampur block, Chief District Medical Officer P K Kar said here. While ten children suffering from the …
Government’s claims aside, at least 31 new cases of measles were reported from different hospitals across the city on Thursday. Over eleven thousand patients have been reported from the metropolis during the last six-and-a-half months. Ninety-nine people have died of measles since January 2013. Sources said on Thursday that 4 …
At least 175 new cases of measles have been reported in different hospitals across Punjab on Wednesday while 26 new patients were admitted in city hospitals during the last 24 hours. According to health department officials, at least 182 deaths have been reported so far during the last six-and-a-half months. …
Measles on Monday claimed one more life during the last 24 hours, raising total deaths to 182 in the province so far. According to health department officials, the death was reported from Children Hospital and he was identified as Abu Bakr, six months, of Chuhng. Some 73 new cases of …
With 133 new cases reported during the last 24 hours, the number of measles cases reported in Punjab in the last six months has reached 20,422. According to health department officials, at least 181 deaths have been reported so far while most deaths occured in Lahore, Gujranwala, Rajanpur, Rahim Yar …
