Global vaccination rates are stagnant: Report
Conflict, inequality and complacency caused the stagnation and affected the poorest, most marginalised, those touched by conflict or forced from …
COVID-19 fallout: 25 million children missed routine vaccinations last year
India among countries where maximum number of children missed diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis shots
Coming up in 2020: Measles, AMR big health challenges
Many countries are no more 'Measles-free'; antimicrobial resistance is a worry for India too
Measles cases triple in a year: WHO
More than 180 countries reported 364,808 measles cases between January 1 and July 31 2019. In the same period last year, 129,239 cases were …
How the DRC’s Ebola crisis has led to children dying from measles
Community mistrust towards the outbreak response team; high levels of insecurity due to battles between army and armed groups
Vaccine inequity: Disparity in access to doses hits low-income countries, says WHO
Only 2 manufacturers are supplying key vaccines such as pneumococcal vaccines, measles and rubella-containing vaccines across the world
Missed vaccine shots: Go for innovative strategies to address zero-dose, say experts
Beyond being at risk, children who have not received a vaccine of any kind also become a population that harbours diseases and can transmit …
COVID-19 : Why vaccinating children may be crucial
Vaccinating children will protect them against post-infectious conditions such as multisystem inflammatory syndrome; reduce risk of infection in …
Make pandemic preparedness in Africa affordable: WHO
New regional strategy prepared by UN body on disease surveillance and response says investing in pandemic preparedness is an affordable public …
Imminent threat: WHO warns 40 million children susceptible to measles as outbreak intensifies in India
There has been a ‘steady decline’ in measles vaccination coverage since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the WHO says
Need emergency action to avert measles and polio epidemics, warn UN bodies
$655 million would be needed to address the immunity gaps in non-Gavi eligible countries and target age groups
As told to Parliament (December 21, 2022): 42.1 million hospital admissions under PMJAY
The admissions were worth Rs 49,468.6 crore and helped reduce out-of-pocket health expenditure
DRC’s coping mechanisms in the face of Ebola, measles and COVID-19
DRC has had a measles outbreak of more than 300,000 cases and more than 6,000 deaths since 2019; and 4,637 confirmed COVID-19 cases at 13 …
How ‘good’ does a COVID-19 vaccine need to be? A new study has answers
A vaccine with an efficacy as low as 60% could still stop the pandemic. However, most, if not all of the population, would have to be vaccinated
Sudan conflict fallout: Over 1,200 children have died in country amid healthcare crisis, says UN
Children died from suspected measles and malnutrition; those under five account for over three-quarters of all deaths
COVID-19: WHO, UNICEF flag sharp decline in vaccination, warn of more lapses
There was a substantial drop in number of children completing three doses of vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis in first four …
Ebola cases in DRC province continue to rise, surpass previous outbreak
The country had declared an end to the second-deadliest Ebola virus disease outbreak in eastern region on June 25
Democratic Republic of Congo calls end to 2nd-deadliest Ebola outbreak ever
Even as outbreak ends in country’s eastern area, another smaller outbreak surfaces in the northwest