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Vaccination
Techno tracks
Issue Date: Jan 31, 2006
The technology for developing new vaccines and the research that goes into it is becoming increasingly sophisticated and dependent upon an enormous corpus of funds to get off the blocks. This is raising important issues relating to pricing, access and international equity.
Bad faith?
Issue Date: Jan 31, 2006
Most problems that bedevil the government's immunisation programme arise from a lack of regulation and confusion: on the ground and in the policy sphere. The lack of regulation is especially problematic given that the market and the big pharmaceutical companies play a big role in shaping global and national priorities.
Return of grand scale
Issue Date: Jan 31, 2006
the union ministry of health and family welfare has just come up with what seems to be a commendable plan to reach vaccination for six common diseases -- diphtheria, measles, polio, tetanus, tuberculosis and whooping cough -- to children throughout the country, especially those in remote rural areas. The best part of the plan is that it envisages that this immunisation programme will go from door to door.
One more shot
Issue Date: Jan 31, 2006
chinese scientists have come out with an improved live vaccine to protect poultry and other birds from avian flu. Developed at the country's Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, the vaccine also protects birds from the Newcastle Disease.
Duty free
Issue Date: Oct 15, 2005
on September 21, 2005 came a press release.
Rotavirus vaccine on the anvil
Issue Date: Oct 15, 2005
as human trials of the first Indian rotavirus (rv) vaccine move to an advanced stage, some scientists have expressed concern about its effectiveness in view of the constantly emerging strains of the virus. But developers of the candidate vaccine hope this vaccine will work against most, if not all, strains.
Immunity divide
@vibhavarshney Issue Date: Sep 15, 2005
uk study raises doubts about the new generation vaccines being developed against tuberculosis (tb), a major killer in the developing world. Most of the research on tb vaccines is being done in Europe and the us where the immune response of the people is different from those living in the developing world.
India develops PPR vaccine
Issue Date: Jul 31, 2005
scientists at the Indian Veterinary Research Institute (ivri) in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, have developed the country's first vaccine against the notorious peste des petits ruminants (ppr) disease that afflicts sheep and goats. Also known as sheep and goat plague, ppr epidemics occur every year in India, causing an annual loss of about Rs 180 crore.
What's there to hide?
Issue Date: Mar 15, 2005
experts are raising objections to the lack of transparency in the recently initiated aids vaccine clinical trials in India.
Encephalitis vaccine soon
Issue Date: Mar 15, 2005
researchers at the National Institute of Immunology (nii), Delhi, have developed a vaccine against Japanese encephalitis (je), which will soon be available openly in India.
