Measles catch-up campaign falls short of expectation

Health ministry officials say impact of the campaign will show results later

Pentavalent vaccine approved in five more states. Health ministry brushes aside safety concerns

Four children in Kerala reportedly died immediately after the vaccine was administered

On WHO agenda: a global vaccine action plan

Health activists say new policy may not address the weaknesses in ongoing routine immunisation programmes and would flood poor countries with new …

Supreme Court issues notice to Centre on HPV vaccines for cervical cancer

Gardasil and Cervarix were approved by drugs controller even though they are unproven and hazardous, alleges petition

Get your own vaccine

Get your own vaccine

Down To Earth filed an RTI application to find out the reason of vaccine shortage in India. The response revealed how a plan to promote private …

COVID-19: What about 1.5 mln UP children who missed vaccination schedule

Summer, monsoon onset increase chances of measles, influenza

Brazil battles yellow fever

Pakistan elections: health on agenda

Pakistani politicians woo voters with proposals for improvements in country’s healthcare system ahead of polling on Saturday

Japanese encephalitis in Assam

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 …

Will there be a middle path for affordable COVID-19 vaccines?

It is expected for COVID-19 vaccines to be classified as 'global public goods', given their development is being substantially funded by …

Matter of life and death

Cradles of hope

A recent health survey throws up figures that defy logic. Some districts in India’s nine most backward states have curbed infant mortality …

Should we worry about the long-term impact of the novel coronavirus?

Pathogens differ in their ability to affect multiple organs but they all invariably cause long-term effects

Africa eradicates polio, but vaccine-driven outbreaks rise

In Asia, India too was declared polio-free in 2014, but cVDPV was reported 50 times in the country in the past six years