Tetanus

India's child mortality rate declines since 2005; one million lives saved, reveals new study

India prevented the deaths of about one million children under five in 2005-15, says a new study published in Lancet.

India virtually eliminates tetanus, one year after getting rid of polio

During the 'Call to Action 2015 Summit' Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus (MNT) has been eliminated in India.

Centre gives nod to include three more vaccines in UIP

India has relied on oral polio vaccine (OPV) to successfully eradicate polio but OPV has very remote but real possibility of its virus turning virulent and IPV will also keep community's immunity level high, according to Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan.