We want to foster peace, stability for people of Afghanistan: MEA reaffirms India's commitment to Afghan developmentIndia continues its strong support for Afghanistan, reaffirms MEA. The nation is focused on peace, stability, and development. This include...
09 Jun, 2026, 05.54 PM IST
After Co-WIN, govt launches U-WIN to digitise India's universal immunisation programmeCarrying vaccination cards of children and pregnant women, struggling to keep a tab on the next jab and other such hassles may soon become ...
23 Jan, 2023, 06.49 PM IST
SII’s cervical cancer vaccine: SEC to review HPV jab trial data todayThe subject expert committee (SEC) under the drug regulator will review the trial data of the vaccine that has been developed by Serum Inst...
15 Jun, 2022, 12.25 AM IST
Home-made vaccine for cervical cancer may be rolled out this yearSerum Institute of India (SII) will launch the country’s first indigenous HPV vaccine, people in the know told ET.
08 Jun, 2022, 12.45 AM IST
1.48 lakh inoculated, 133 adverse events: GovernmentThe ministry of health and family welfare, however, said that there has not been a single serious or severe AEFI attributable to vaccinatio...
19 Jan, 2021, 12.11 AM IST
Govt defers national polio immunisation programmeThe Union Health Ministry has communicated the decision to defer the polio immunisation programme to all states through a letter on January...
13 Jan, 2021, 11.58 AM IST
Government plans special immunisation programme for COVID-19 vaccineThis special COVID-19 immunisation programme would run in parallel with the Universal Immunisation Programme, but will use its processes, t...
23 Oct, 2020, 04.23 PM IST
Not just for children! Here are the vaccines that every adult needs to getAdults too need preventive immunisation against many deadly diseases.
06 Mar, 2018, 11.04 AM IST
Indradhanush programme to be renamedHealth Minister J P Nadda said that since four new vaccination has been added to the immunisation programme, its name has to be changed.
30 May, 2016, 09.13 PM IST
58% immunisation rate in rural areas, 67% in urban: GovernmentNadda said funds allocated by govt to promote immunisation programme in India in 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15 are Rs 221.70 cr, Rs 188.91 c...
12 May, 2015, 04.43 PM IST
Financial support for vaccination in India till 2020: GaviIt was formed in 2000 and between 2000 and 2015 it has immunised half-a-billion children and prevented more then 7 million deaths.
03 May, 2015, 12.24 PM IST
WHO using Indian polio network to support Mission IndradhanushMission Indradhanush aims to cover by 2020 all such children, who are either unvaccinated or are partially vaccinated against seven vaccine...
03 May, 2015, 11.31 AM IST
WHO asks India to close immunisation gap to avert death due to vaccine-preventable diseasesAn estimated 21.8 million infants worldwide missed out on basic vaccines in 2013 mostly in poor, low-resource countries, according to the W...
22 Apr, 2015, 10.44 PM IST
Universal immunisation programme coverage 65% in 2014: Nadda"The full immunisation coverage is approximately 65 per cent in 2014," Nadda said, adding that the government was setting targets for child...
10 Mar, 2015, 05.08 PM IST
Swine flu vaccine 'dries up' in Kashmir, doctors at risk"There are no immunisation vaccines for H1N1 virus available anywhere in the Valley," Director Health, Kashmir, Saleem-ur-Rehman told PTI.
22 Feb, 2015, 06.27 PM IST
- Wyeth seeks to include Prevnar in immunisation programme
Pharma major Wyeth (India) is in talks with the government to include its pneumococcal vaccine (PCV), Prevnar in the country’s national imm...
20 Jul, 2009, 01.19 AM IST
- India key market for vaccine makers
The vaccine market, earlier regarded as a commodity sector, is re-emerging as a key revenue generator for the Big Pharma.
26 Mar, 2009, 05.04 AM IST