-The Hindu The launch of the inactivated polio vaccine injection marks a shift in addressing vaccine derived poliovirus cases. After nearly five polio-free years, and with the launch of the inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) injection in the national immunisation programme tomorrow (November 30), India will be pushing for “endgame polio”. The injectable vaccine, which uses killed polio viruses, will be used alongside the oral polio vaccine (OPV). For now, immunisation using IPV will be...
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Children’s deaths from pneumonia, diarrhoea bring India shame -Ramya Kannan
-The Hindu India has the highest number of pneumonia and diarrhoea deaths among children globally, reports the International Vaccine Access Centre (IVAC) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The 2015 annual report of the IVAC reads like a repeat of last year’s report card, despite the progress the country is making to accelerate immunisation. With 2,97,114 deaths, India is once again at the top of the list of countries with...
More »40% of Kolkata slum children yet to be immunised
-PTI Kolkata: The immunisation of children in the city’s slums has been found to be way below at 60 per cent of the target, according to a survey done by an NGO. The Child Rights and You’s sample survey found that though the scenario improved in the past few years, 40 per cent of slum children were yet to be brought under the immunisation cover. The NGO works for the underprivileged children and...
More »Spotlight on Strategy to Counter Malnutrition
-The New Indian Express Yet another damning report on malnutrition among children in urban slums has made headlines. A study conducted by the Indian NGO Child Rights and You on early childhood has revealed that children living in slums suffer from malnutrition, resulting in underweight and stunted growth. Though the numbers vary from one city to another, there’s very little to cheer about. The percentage of underweight children ranged from 33...
More »Giving immunisation a shot in the arm -Ramanan Laxminarayan
-The Hindu Business Line That’s the mission Indradhanush has undertaken, so that India’s children get a better chance at life A shot in the arm is all it takes to protect our children from numerous life-threatening diseases. Five lakh children die every year due to vaccine-preventable diseases; 95 lakh are at risk because they are unimmunised or partially immunised. The figures are unacceptable for an immunisation programme which has been operational for...
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