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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Diphtheria still killing kids in Delhi, ignorance feeding the monster

Diphtheria still killing kids in Delhi, ignorance feeding the monster

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published Published on Sep 23, 2018   modified Modified on Sep 23, 2018
-The Times of India

NEW DELHI: The death of 14 children in two Delhi hospitals — 13 at Maharishi Valmiki Infectious Diseases (MVID) Hospital in north Delhi and one at Lok Nayak hospital in central Delhi — due to diphtheria over the past few weeks has once again exposed the shortcomings of India’s immunisation programme.

Diphtheria, an acute infectious disease, is preventable with vaccine.

However, due to the low coverage and lack of awareness about the vaccine’s needs in certain communities, the disease continues to be reported in large numbers in the country. As per data from the World Health Organisation (WHO), India accounted for 60% of all diphtheria cases globally last year. “Intensive coverage of immunisation activities in vulnerable pockets is needed urgently to save more children from succumbing to the disease,” said an expert. At MVID, 141 children — aged between 2 and 15 years — have been admitted with diphtheria in the last three weeks.

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The Times of India, 23 September, 2018, https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/diphtheria-still-killing-kids-in-delhi-ignorance-feeding-the-monster/articleshow/65917141.cms


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