Until just a few years ago, almost all the polio cases in the world were confined to Pakistan. Now, the country is making its move to eliminate the disease from within its borders. Literally thousands of healthcare workers are giving vaccination to children at transit points across the country- from bus stops to border crossings […]
On Saturday, an unvaccinated 15 year old boy died in kerala’s Malappuram district due to diphtheria. Malappuram has attracted attention in recent times for its Muslim community with a strong reluctance to adopt immunization. According to Medical officer Dr.Ummer Farook, this year, two clinically confirmed cases of diphtheria have been recorded. The boy who died […]
A global emergency was sounded by the Telangana government following the finding of an active strain of wild polio virus(P2 strain) in water that was collected from a drain. This prompted the government to lift two lakh vaccines from Geneva so that over 3 lakh children in Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy district could be inoculated […]