What’s behind the worldwide shortage of cholera vaccines? For starters, they’re only made by one company
Oral cholera vaccine stockpiles ran dry at the beginning of 2024
Hostile terrain, hesitancy, Maoists: Bastar has its own COVID-19 vaccination challenges
Door-to-door campaigns, mitanins (health volunteers) have helped ward off rumours
Omicron’s BA.5 sub-variant is 4 times more vaccine-resistant
Study finds sub-lineage behind rise in COVID-19 cases in Europe, US
How Rwanda reached first global COVID-19 vaccination target
Rwanda defined a vaccination plan prior to getting the vaccines
COVID-19: Why are cases rising in Kerala?
Measures that would keep the virus away are still not clear
Simply Put: COVID-19 vaccination drive
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Who flew?
Is influenza afflicting government?
Vaccine shortage to continue
Government denies it; its own data tells a different story
India sees 1.75 million dog bites every year, yet we face up to 80% shortage of anti-rabies vaccines
The government is dragging its feet over controlling dog population, vaccinating them or even making enough shots available for victims
COVID-19 vaccination drive hits a pause in Odisha’s 11 districts
After administering 0.3 million doses June 21, the state has run out of vaccines; the drive expected to resume July 2
Troubled by breath
Those who have had fewer respiratory diseases when young are the ones who are more susceptible to asthma
COVID-19: Calcutta High Court passes judgment to protect rights of para teachers
Para teachers collective had filed a petition seeking deadline relaxation for an activity amid COVID-19 pandemic
Old vaccines for new infections: What we discovered
Studies have showed that several vaccines, including that for polio and tuberculosis, have several non-specific effects
In a first, WHO commits to eliminate cervical cancer globally
The global health body aims to reduce more than 40% new cases by 2050 through vaccination, screening and treatment
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
‘We aim to provide immunisation to 90 per cent children in India by 2020’
As the seven-day World Immunization Week (April 24-30) ended on Thursday, WHO representative to India, Nata Menabde, told Down To Earth the …
Warned over vaccine advice
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India develops PPR vaccine
Against sheep and goat plague
South Asia
Africa needs to vaccinate 33 million children within 2 years to be on global immunisation track: WHO
Decreased vaccination levels due to the pandemic have led to a surge in outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles, meningitis, …
Frontier guards
Invaded and ravaged by germs and pathogens every moment of its existence, the human body has developed its own lines of defence. Among the lesser …
COVID-19: Virus and vaccine lessons from 2021 for better 2022
Inoculation, restrictions, infrastructure and memory are effective tools in mitigating COVID-19 infection and easing restrictions on …
Disease eradication targets: will they be met?
The Finance Minister announced that government has action plans to eliminate kala-azar by 2017 and tuberculosis by 2025, among others