Launch Of Inactivated Polio Vaccine In India

India, once considered the most difficult place in the world to stop polio, will celebrate five years without a case this January. But our fight against the disease is not ...

Sanofi?? Injectible Polio Vaccine (IPV) Launched In Hyderabad

Sanofi Pasteur has launched ShanIPV, an injectable inactivated polio vaccine (IPV), to be delivered through UNICEF in India. Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao la...

Tracking The Cold Chain: Improving Vaccine Systems In India

At a two-day training in Madhya Pradesh, healthcare workers were introduced to eVIN, an electronic vaccination intelligence network system that will enable healthcare worke...

Probiotics May Be The New Vaccines

Probiotics have been getting quite a bit of attention of late. By definition, they are “live microorganisms which when administered in adequate amounts confer a healt...

WHO Experts Signal Victory Over One Of Three Polio Strains

GENEVA: The world should stop vaccinating children against one of the three strains of the crippling polio virus as part of a drive to eradicate the disease once and for al...

Award Raises Vaccine Awareness

West Medical Editor Cathy O’Leary wins WA Media Award for moving stories about the tragic whooping cough death of baby Riley Hughes.

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As Mother, Stress On Immunization For Child's Healthy Future: Madhuri

After lending support to ‘Set Beautiful Free’, Vivek Oberoi and Amruta Fadnavis’ initiative for a rehabilitation centre for girl children born to sex work...

Vaccination Is Not Just For Children

Immunisation is always associated with children, but doctors warn that protection from some childhood vaccines can wear off over time.
Adults can also be at risk for v...

Immunisation Coverage Crosses 70 Per Cent Mark

Improvement represents significant gain in child survival
The child immunisation coverage in the country has reportedly gone up from 65 per cent to 70 per cent this ye...