Background The Immunization Programme in India was introduced in 1978 as the ‘Expanded Programme of Immunization’ (EPI) by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. In 1985, the… Read More

Context: Recently, World Health Organisation (WHO) and United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) have released estimates for National Immunisation Coverage for 20… Read More

New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) Even as the last three years of Covid-pandemic, has among many things, severely affected routine immunisation of children, health experts on Saturday urged the nee… Read More

The government has launched U-WIN, the programme to digitize India's Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP), in a pilot mode in two districts of each state and Union Territory Read More

New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Measles is rising again in several countries including India, the US, the UK, New Zealand, Indonesia, amd Ethiopia.Measles is a highly contagious, serious disease cau… Read More

Summary: Current vaccination policies are not sufficient to eliminate measles or prevent against future epidemics in the developed world, researchers report. Introducing compulsory vaccinat… Read More

Hyderabad: The highly successful Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP) in India has traditionally focussed on ensuring all children from infancy to the age of 15 years are vaccinated agains… Read More

UPSC MAINS SOCIOLOGY SYLLABUSPaper 2 – Section C – Visions of Social Change in India(vii) Challenges of Social Transformation:(a) … Read More

Bukkry #Booster #Dose #Nasal #Vaccine Bukkry.com”>New Delhi: India’s nasal vaccine cannot be administered to those who have taken a precaution or booster dose, the head of t… Read More

The Indian Academy of Paediatrics has recommended adding five additional vaccines to the child immunisation regimen in addition to those covered by Indian government's Universal immunisation… Read More

RSMSSB CHO Syllabus in Hindi: राजस्थान CHO परीक्षा की तैयार… Read More

A new report of the World Health Organization finds that existing policies on the inclusion of refugees and migrants in vaccine national plans and their implementation vary greatly across co… Read More

World Immunization Week is celebrated in the last week of April and is a good opportunity for us to remember the importance of vaccination and the role it has played in revolutionising… Read More

TJ           Hello to everyone from WHO Headquarters here, in Geneva, on this Wednesday, August 17th. My name is Tarik and I wish you welcom… Read More

TJ           Hello to everyone from WHO Headquarters here, in Geneva, on this Wednesday, August 17th. My name is Tarik and I wish you welcom… Read More

The World Health Organisation's Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) committee has stated that one dose of the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine is effective against the cer… Read More

India is implementing the largest immunization program globally where annually more than 3 crore pregnant women and 2.6 crore children are covered through the Universal Immunisation Programm… Read More

By Justice Kamaljit Singh Garewal Bihar came under total prohibition in April 2016. This was part of an abstemious chief minister’s social reform programme. He may as well have said… Read More

Introduction Before the advent of immunization against certain diseases, the mortality rate of infants and children was high because they were vulnerable and susceptible to infections. The i… Read More

Health Minister Harsh Vardhan launched Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 3.0 with a focus on children and pregnant women who missed their vaccine doses during the COVID-19 pandemic. IM… Read More