2.9 million Indian kids missed out on the first dose of their measles vaccinations in the last eight years, according to the United Nations. A report by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reveals that more than twenty million children worldwide missed out on the all-important first dose of the measles vaccine in the past eight …
Measles is a preventable disease – so why have cases almost quadrupled in a year? The first three months of 2019 witnessed dramatic increases in rates of the disease in every region of the world, compared to the same period last year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). 170 countries reported 112,163 cases of …
Measles is a highly infectious viral disease. In India, it continues to be a leading cause of childhood mortality. Measles is spread through airborne droplets emitted through coughing and sneezing. The disease has no known treatments as of yet, but the use of a safe vaccine has enabled many countries to reduce incidence of the …
Immunisation rates in Uttarakhand fell by more than thirty percentage points in two years. Now the state is using stringent measures to drive immunisation rates upwards. Immunisation rates in the state fell to just 61.32 percent of children aged nine to eleven months in 2017-18. This was down from 99.3 percent coverage in the 2015-16 …
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India has the second highest number of children unvaccinated against measles. This is despite government campaigns to boost immunisation against the disease. 2.9 million children remain unvaccinated in India, estimates say. India is only surpassed by Nigeria, which holds 3.3 million unvaccinated children. Four other countries account for more than half of all children who …
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India has avoided around one million deaths of children under five since 2005 claims a study recently published in The Lancet. Despite this reduction, India still has more child deaths than any other country, with 0.9 million child deaths occurring annually. The reduction since 2005 does indicate a positive trend, though India requires a great …
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Measles will be eliminated by 2020 promises the 2017 health budget. Doing so would eradicate a public health scourge that kills thousands of children in India every year. To fulfill this ambitious yet viable pledge, the Indian government will seek to build upon the country’s success in combating the disease in recent years, through a …
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