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May 05, 2016
Dengue costs the world whopping $8.9 billion annually, finds study
Dengue imposes a whopping $8.9 billion economic burden every year on 141 countries, a new study says. -
Mar 08, 2016
89 lakh children in the country are not fully immunised: Govt
Government today admitted that 89 lakh children in India are either partially immunised or have received no immunisation -
Feb 14, 2016
Zika chronicles: Everything you need to know about the deadly virus
The Zika virus has found late glory, at last, through its possible association with the debilitating conditions of microcephaly and Guillain–Barré syndrome. -
Jul 18, 2015
Why the doubts over the Rotavac anti-diarrhoea vaccine may be overblown
Some doctors have raised questions about the clinical trials of the Rotavac vaccine. While their concerns are important, these can be addressed by observing the vaccine's side-effects over a larger sample of children in due course. -
Mar 10, 2015
PM launches first indigenously developed Rotavirus vaccine
Billed as one of the first novel vaccines to be developed completely in the developing world, it is expected to help in significant reduction in infant deaths due to Rotavirus diarrhoea in India and other parts of the world. -
Mar 09, 2015
Diarrhoea deaths: India unveils Rotavirus vaccine, cheapest at Rs 60 per dose
India on Monday unveiled its indigenously developed and manufactured Rotavirus vaccine, claimed to be the world's cheapest at the rate of around Rs 60 per dose and aimed at boosting efforts to deal with diarrhoea that kills upto 80,000 children under 5 every year. -
Jan 09, 2015
Harsh Vardhan defends paper which spoke of aeroplanes in ancient India
Defending a paper presented at the Indian Science Congress which claimed existence of aeroplanes in India thousands of years ago, Dr Harsh Vardhan asked the Indian scientific community not to be ashamed of the country's ancient history. -
Dec 18, 2014
Mobile phone alerts to boost vaccination coverage in Odisha
Bhubaneswar, Dec 17 (IANS) Banking on the familiarity of scratch cards and mobile phones, health officials in Odisha are mulling a pilot project where parents of a newborn can subscribe to regular vaccination updates via SMS and voice alerts to keep them on track with India's routine immunisation programme. Christened the "Baby Health Card", the scratch card entitles couples in the overwhelmingly rural state, where nearly two-fifths of its 44 million population are tribals or scheduled castes, to register their children with the alert service to receive timely updates on the forthcoming vaccination schedule as per India's Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP). The UIP enables vaccination of children against six preventable diseases: tuberculosis, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, poliomyelitis and measles -
Nov 13, 2014
Marginal improvement in preventing child deaths in India: Report
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) India has a persisting burden of pneumonia and diarrhoea but there has been a marginal improvement towards coverage of life-saving interventions to prevent child deaths, a new report Wednesday said. As per the latest estimates from UNICEF, pneumonia and diarrhoea collectively claimed more than 300,000 children in 2013. The 2014 Pneumonia and Diarrhea Progress Report released by the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health highlights India's persisting burden of pneumonia and diarrhoea, but notes marginal progress towards improving coverage of life-saving interventions to prevent child deaths and suffering from these diseases. -
Oct 28, 2014
In race for Ebola vaccines, technical hurdles loom large
LONDON (Reuters) - Drugmakers sprinting to develop Ebola vaccines face a series of technical hurdles if they are to get millions of doses ready for use next year -- even assuming clinical trials are successful. The challenges include finding sufficient sterile capacity for filling and packaging finished vials, getting fast quality approvals from regulators, and building a supply chain in Africa for products that must be stored at minus 80 degrees Celsius. With the World Health Organization (WHO) now expecting vaccine efficacy trials to start in West Africa in December, a month earlier than anticipated, the development programme is clearly gaining momentum. -
Oct 08, 2014
Modi has done more on toilets than any other Indian leader: Bill Gates
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has done more than any other leader since India's independence to create awareness about the need for toilets, Microsoft founder Bill Gates said Tuesday.
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Oct 08, 2014
Bill Gates lauds Modi for talking about toilets
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has done more than any other leader since India's independence to create awareness about the need for toilets, Microsoft founder Bill Gates said Tuesday. "It may seem surprising when you think about all the innovation coming out of India, but 630 million people there defecate in the open because they don't have access to a commode -
Aug 05, 2014
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. -
Jul 04, 2014
Four new vaccines in national immunization programme
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) The Indian government Thursday introduced four new vaccines, including one for Japanese Encephalitis (JE), in the national immunization programme, which will now provide free vaccines against 13 life-threatening diseases to 27 million children annually. The decision to introduce the vaccines for rotavirus, rubella and polio (injectable) as part of the universal immunization programme was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an official here said -
Jul 03, 2014
Centre introduces four new vaccines in immunisation programme
The Indian government Thursday introduced four new vaccines, including one for Japanese Encephalitis (JE), in the national immunisation programme, which will now provide free vaccines against 13 life-threatening diseases to 27 million children annually. -
Nov 13, 2013
Pneumonia, diarrhoea kill 400,000 children in India annually
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) India continues to lose more than 400,000 children before their fifth birthday due to two easily preventable diseases - pneumonia and diarrhoea - according to a new report released Tuesday. Many Indian children do not have access to life saving treatment and preventive measures, says the Pneumonia and Diarrhoea Progress Report 2013 published by the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC) at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, US. The report said India continues to have the largest number of pneumonia and diarrhoea cases in the world. -
May 31, 2013
Three reasons why Bill Gates is coming to India
Philanthropist and billionaire Bill Gates has announced another visit to India yesterday, and he has three good reasons... -
May 16, 2013
US accolade for developing diarrhoea vaccine
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) The US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Wednesday congratulated India for developing an indigenous rotavirus vaccine for prevention of diarrhoea. "We congratulate the programme for appropriate technology in health (PATH), Bharat Biotech International and the scientists, government and people of India on the important results from the ROTAVAC rotavirus vaccine study," Anthony S. -
May 15, 2013
Anti-diarrhoea vaccine: Why social innovation is the way ahead for Indian healthcare
The old model - of pharma companies deciding what and when to develop new drugs – is crumbling. -
May 15, 2013
Finally, a made-in-India vaccine against childhood diarrhoea
Almost 30 years in the making, the first India-developed vaccine for rotavirus – cause of severe diarrheoa in children – has shown positive results in third phase of clinical trials.
