Tag: measles
Europe sees surge in vaccine preventable diseases; ECDC sounds alarm
Between March 2023 and February 2024, 5770 measles cases were reported, including 5 deaths. There is a 10-fold increase in Pertussis cases
Europe is seeing...
MMR vaccine shot could protect against COVID-19
Administering the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine could prevent severe symptoms of COVID-19
Administering the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine could serve as a preventive...
WHO South-East Asia Region sets 2023 target to eliminate measles, rubella
Member Countries of WHO South-East Asia Region resolved to eliminate measles and rubella by 2023, to prevent deaths and disabilities caused by these highly...
6 nations in SE Asia get WHO award for public health...
Six countries in WHO Southeast Asia get awards for eliminating diseases such as measles, and stopping mother to child transmission of HIV, Syphilis
Ministers of...
Four European countries no longer ‘measles-free’: WHO
Measles is no longer considered eliminated in UK, Greece, the Czech Republic and Albania as WHO warns of spike in cases
Europe has seen a...
Harsh Vardhan opens new lab complex at National Centre for Disease...
Health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan inaugurated the laboratory complex at the National Centre for Disease Control on Tuesday
Union health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on...
Maldives eliminates mother to child transmission of HIV, syphilis
Maldives becomes the second country in WHO SE Asia region to eliminate transmission of HIV and syphilis from pregnant mother to her child
Maldives has...
Sri Lanka has eliminated measles, WHO declares; last case in 2016
World Health Organisation has announced that Sri Lanka has eliminated measles
The World Health Organization today announced that Sri Lanka has eliminated measles. India's southern...
Between 2010-17, 2.9 mn Indian kids missed out on measles vaccine
UNICEF estimates that 169 million children, of them, 2.9 million in India, missed out on the first dose of the measles vaccine between 2010...
Measles surge coming as vaccine coverage dips, experts warn
US scientists warn that dip in vaccine cover could spur measles cases
Much like India's experience of false anti-vaccine propaganda queering the pitch for the...
