More than 1,000 people have sought the rabies vaccine at the Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital in New Delhi, compared to around 200 before last year. The reason for this may be due to a lack of supply of the vaccine to state-run hospitals. Rabies is a lethal disease. In 2017, there was not …
“Basic education links the children, whether of cities or the villages, to all that is best and lasting in us.” – Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi This sentiment – that being the centric role played by children in their country’s future – has been laid bare in the latest report released by Save the Children in …
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India has some success stories to share for World Malaria Day 2019, observed on April 25. The country is no longer among the three countries most affected by malaria – and could be set to reduce cases even further if it opts to adopt a new malaria vaccine that is currently being rolled out in …
Shortages of the anti-rabies vaccine and other essential medicines continue to plague public hospitals across the country, with states turning to one another for assistance. So far, the onus for supply has been on Tamil Nadu. Andhra Pradesh, Delhi and Karnataka have also requested for supplies of essential medicines including the anti-rabies vaccine from the …
2.9 million Indian kids missed out on the first dose of their measles vaccinations in the last eight years, according to the United Nations. A report by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reveals that more than twenty million children worldwide missed out on the all-important first dose of the measles vaccine in the past eight …
Measles is a preventable disease – so why have cases almost quadrupled in a year? The first three months of 2019 witnessed dramatic increases in rates of the disease in every region of the world, compared to the same period last year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). 170 countries reported 112,163 cases of …
2019 had barely begun before reports of an American woman who died of rabies after returning from India hit headlines. She was infected in Rishikesh, when a puppy bit her outside her hotel. The incident served to remind us that rabies continues to be a public health scourge in India, which accounts for more than …
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Vaccine hesitancy is a concept as old as vaccines themselves. Are we seeing more of this issue, and is it opening doors for diseases close to elimination to resurge in India? Reports of outbreaks of the oldest vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles, pertussis, diphtheria are becoming more frequent, despite these diseases being entirely vaccine-preventable. This …
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A disease which kills almost 300,000 women a year – including 67,500 women in India – could be all but eliminated by the end of the century if efforts are made to increase access to a lifesaving vaccine according to recent research published in The Lancet. The disease is cervical cancer. The vaccine is against …
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Measles is a highly infectious viral disease. In India, it continues to be a leading cause of childhood mortality. Measles is spread through airborne droplets emitted through coughing and sneezing. The disease has no known treatments as of yet, but the use of a safe vaccine has enabled many countries to reduce incidence of the …
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