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HPV awareness the need of the hour to fight cervical cancer

Today marks the culmination of the fourth International HPV Awareness Campaign, coinciding with International HPV Awareness Day. Raising awareness of HPV [the human papillomavirus] is essential in the fight against cancer – most prominently cervical cancer. As the World Health Organization (WHO) explains, “there are more than 100 types of HPV, of which at least …

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UN peacekeepers get vaccine boon from India

A spokesperson for United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed that the Secretary-General is “extremely grateful” after India granted UN peacekeepers 200,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses. Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar announced the gift during a meeting of the UN Security Council. India, Jaishankar said, has already supplied vaccines to 25 countries and anticipates …

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Vaccine stockpiling flagged by group

An anti-poverty advocacy group has flagged COVID-19 vaccine stockpiling by high-income countries in a new report. An analysis by the ONE Campaign, a movement which seeks to end poverty and preventable disease by 2030, said a cohort of wealthy nations had stockpiled more than a billion COVID-19 vaccine doses than required. The report examined contracts …

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Vaccine nationalism, vaccine diplomacy, and India

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who will assume the role of director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO) next month, has cast a spotlight on vaccine nationalism and warned that progress in combating COVID-19 will be hindered without equitable access to vaccines. Okonjo-Iweala, a Nigerian-American development economist, said “both on a human health basis, as well as an …

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Indian COVID vaccinations at sixty lakh, setting another record

As of Monday, India has vaccinated more than sixty lakh people against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) – the novel coronavirus which causes COVID-19. The country’s immunisation programme, touted as the world’s largest by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, succeeded in inoculating 5,412,270 healthcare workers and 623,390 other frontline workers as of Monday evening. …

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Pfizer withdraws approval application in India

Drugmaker Pfizer has rescinded its emergency use authorisation application for its vaccine candidate against COVID-19. However, it intends to resubmit.  The pharmaceutical giant sought emergency use authorisation for its vaccine in India last year but “has decided to withdraw its application at this time” according to a company spokesperson. Pfizer’s vaccine showed promising results in …

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Sputnik-V approval likely to be sought by March

Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. is expected to seek Sputnik-V approval by next month. Emergency use authorisation for use of the Russian-manufactured COVID-19 vaccine is being sought following research suggesting the vaccine candidate to be effective. A press release, carried by Health Issues India earlier this week, outlined that “in the interim efficacy analysis of the …

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Four million vaccinations against COVID-19 but concerns remain

India has carried out four million vaccinations against COVID-19. It achieved this milestone faster than any other country in the world, the Union Health Ministry claims. The country launched its vaccination drive on January 16th and accomplished the feat of four million vaccinations within eighteen days, according to official data. By comparison, Israel and the …

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A vaccine for all mankind: Sputnik V’s efficacy in fighting COVID-19 is validated by internationally peer reviewed data published in The Lancet

In an interim analysis of a Phase III clinical trial, Sputnik V showed strong efficacy, immunogenicity and safety results. Efficacy of Sputnik V against COVID-19 was reported at 91.6%. Analysis included data on 19,866 volunteers, who received both the first and second doses of the Sputnik V vaccine or placebo at the final control point …

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Serum Institute of India fire will not hurt vaccine efforts; lives lost

The Serum Institute of India fire is under control. The blaze is not expected to affect COVID-19 vaccine production. The fire broke out at a building under construction at the complex of the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer in Pune, Maharashtra at around 2.45 p.m.. Ten fire tenders responded along with a team from National Disaster …

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