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From 60% of global cases to zero: India celebrates 15-year milestone in polio eliminationIndia achieved a historic milestone, completing 15 years without a wild poliovirus case. This success highlights strong political will and ...- Pakistan reports another poliovirus case, yearly tally rises to 24Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province reported another poliovirus case, raising the national total to 24 this year, with 16 cases in the p...
- India accounts for 6.4% of global zero-dose children in 2024: UNA UN report reveals that India accounts for 6.4% of the world's zero-dose children in 2024, representing nearly half of South Asia's unvacc...
- Health experts bat for adult vaccination programmes in IndiaDoctors and health experts have stressed that people, especially those above 50 years, must receive the recommended vaccines, shining light...
- Covaxin booster dose enhances vaccine effectiveness against Delta, Omicron variants, says ICMR studyThe protective efficacy of Bharat Biotech's Covaxin following two and three-dose immuniszations against the Delta variant and the efficacy ...
- Mixing Covishield, Covaxin shots gives better result: ICMR studyA total of 98 vaccine recipients — having completed two weeks or more after the second dose — were included in the study.
- Mix of Covishield, Covaxin yields better results, finds ICMR StudyThe study titled ‘Serendipitous COVID-19 Vaccine-Mix in Uttar Pradesh, India: Safety and Immunogenicity Assessment of a Heterologous Regime...
- India records greatest increase in number of children not receiving first dose of DTP-1 vaccine in 2020: UNData from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the UN children's agency UNICEF showed that 23 million children missed out on basic child...
- Covishield and Covaxin: Key concerns over the two vaccinesET tries to clear some concerns around the development with experts’ views on how the two vaccines can be used for India’s public vaccinati...
- Covid jabs likely in open market between April and JuneAs per the ministry’s internal timelines, the government expects to approve at least one vaccine by January end.
- View: Hope for vaccine has to be built without over-promisingGovernment's communication on the vaccine has to be clear and transparent - all certainties and uncertainties have to be shared with people.
- COVID-19: Johns Hopkins, IIHMR University to offer online courses on 'vaccine economics'According to IIHMR University, the courses have already received 400 applications, out of which 230 participants from the field of immunisa...
- Poor coverage of measles vaccine holding back India’s full immunisationThe poor coverage of measles vaccination and later doses of basic vaccines like those for polio, diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus (DPT) ar...
- 25% of vaccines go waste due to lack of cold chainMost vaccines are heat sensitive and remain potent between 2 degree celsius and 8 degree celsius. Thus maintaining a cold chain becomes cri...
- Universal Immunisation Programme one of the largest world health projects : Nagaland minister P Longon"With the introduction of IPV and Pentavalent vaccine a child will be provided added protection against poliovirus and haemophilus influenz...
- Innovations will help better health services in India: JP NaddaNadda today appealed to states to give "priority" to innovations and adopt best practices for achieving "superior outcomes" in the health c...
- India offers support to make SAARC polio freeHealth Minister J P Nadda stressed on SAARC nations to work together in promoting public health, prevent disease and making coverage of hea...
- Global HIV vaccine closer to realityA scientific team led by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) conducted the study in monkeys.
- Nitish Kumar being considered for Gates Innovation AwardThe Union External Affairs ministry too has given the nod for Kumar to receive the award, he said.
- Gates foundation pledges $630 mn to fight polio in IndiaThe international community, led by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation today pledged over USD 630 million to fight polio in India over t...
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