Diarrhea is the second leading cause of child mortality, worldwide.
As estimated by Health Ministry, over 1.2 lakh children aged less than
five...
Friday, 30 December 2016
Thursday, 15 December 2016
Blog: Evolution of Universal Immunization Programme (UIP)
Vaccines have been a proven tool for controlling and eliminating life-threatening infectious diseases. Vaccines empower the body’s own immune...
Wednesday, 30 November 2016
Immunization Catch Up Chart Schedule in India 2016
The catch-up vaccination schedule makes sure that all the vaccines are administrated appropriately after taking the delayed/missed dose...
Thursday, 24 November 2016
Pneumonia Vaccine to be introduced under Universal Immunization Programme in 2017
Pneumonia and diarrhoea are major reasons for death in the post-neonatal period. In 2015, India recorded an under-five death rate of...
Monday, 31 October 2016
Cholera Vaccines: Need of the Hour in Haiti
Haiti, the Caribbean nation has been frequently hit by natural disasters like hurricanes, floods and has also been struck by powerful...
Tuesday, 25 October 2016
Securing Our Children’s Future
"Early childhood development will not only benefit the children of today, but will have a direct impact on the stability and prosperity...
Friday, 30 September 2016
Improving Efficiency of Vaccination Systems through Intelligent Vaccine Management
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has been working towards reducing morbidity and mortality from vaccine-preventable diseases through...
Monday, 5 September 2016
Companies Targeting The Poor Yet Retaining Profits
“Innovation is a change that unlocks new value.”
- Jamie Notter
Innovations in today’s time have paved way for the Multi-National...
Tuesday, 23 August 2016
Workshop on Nutrition and Immunity for Infant and Child health
MSD-Wellcome Trust Hilleman Laboratories is a first of its kind joint venture between Merck & Co., USA and Wellcome Trust, UK Hilleman...
Thursday, 11 August 2016
Undernutrition And Diminished Immunity: Breaking The Lethal Cycle
Healthy
children are the bedrock of a healthy society. Good nutrition is the core
pillar for healthy and productive communities and nations....
Friday, 29 July 2016
India: Current Vaccination Scenario
India’s immunization program is one of the largest Universal Immunization Programs (UIP) in the world. In India, the Universal Immunization...
Tuesday, 19 July 2016
Need Of The Hour: Heat Stable Vaccines
It is estimated that vaccination programs save about 3 million lives worldwide from the adverse impact of infectious diseases. However...
Monday, 27 June 2016
Mission Indradhanush: Spectrum of seven will now be eleven
Mission Indradhanush was launched by Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare (MOHFW) on 25th December, 2014. The health ministry’s
flagship...
Sunday, 5 June 2016
Implementation Of Routine Immunization
Routine immunization is the foundation through which countries provide access to lifesaving vaccines and control and eradicate vaccine-preventable...
Sunday, 29 May 2016
National Immunization Schedule (NIS)
India's Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP) is one of the largest in the world in terms of quantities of vaccine used, the number of beneficiaries,...
Monday, 16 May 2016
A Giant Leap to Fully Immunize Every Child
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) had launched
Mission Indradhanush on 25th December 2014. The ultimate goal of Mission
Indradhanush...
Wednesday, 27 April 2016
Hilleman Laboratories advances two vaccines into clinical stage
Initiates clinical trials for heat-stable Rotavirus vaccine and next-generation Cholera vaccine
Aims to boost GAVI and Government of India’s...
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