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National Newborn Week celebrated
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is celebrating National Newborn Week between November 15, 2020 and November 21, 2020. The main objective of celebrating National Newborn Week is to create awareness about the importance of newborn child survival and development. Why is it important to celebrate National Newborn Week? Every year around 2.6 million ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Topics: BCG vaccine • child mortality rate • India Newborn Action Plan • National Newborn Week • Neonatal Mortality Rate • Newborn & Child Health • Newborn Health • Oral Polio Vaccine • Stillbirth • universal immunisation programme
October 24: World Polio Day
Every year, World Polio Day is celebrated on October 24. The day is celebrated to highlight the global efforts towards polio-free world. Also, the day encourages the use of polio vaccines. Highlights According to WHO, the polio cases have decreased by 99% since 1988. In 1988, there were 350,000 reported cases. This has reduced to ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Topics: Polio • Polio eradication • Polio vaccine • Poliomyelitis • universal immunisation programme • Vaccine • world polio day
What Immunization Programme Mechanism will GoI use to distribute COVID-19 vaccines?
The Government of India is to use the Universal Immunization Programme mechanism to distribute covid-19 vaccines in the country. This was announced by the Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan during his address in the Lok Sabha. Universal Immunization Programme Under the Universal Immunization Programme, the Government of India provides several vaccines to infants, pregnant women, ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: BCG vaccine • COVAXIN • Intensified Mission Indradhanush • Mission Indradhanush • Polio • Rotavirus vaccine • SPUTNIK V • Tetanus • universal immunisation programme
India’s fight against Measles
Measles caused by the viral infection is a serious and highly contagious disease that can cause debilitating or fatal complications, including encephalitis, severe diarrhoea and dehydration, pneumonia, ear infections and permanent vision loss. Rubella commonly known as German measles can lead to severe consequences during pregnancy. An infection just before conception and in early pregnancy ..
Topics: Maldives • Measles • Measles elimination • Nepal • Rubella • Rubella control • Sri lanka • Timor-Leste • universal immunisation programme
Government launches second phase of Measles-rubella vaccination campaign
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has launched the second phase of measles-rubella (MR) vaccination campaign to reduce measles morbidity and mortality, The second phase of campaign will cover 8 states and union territories namely Andhra Pradesh, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Telangana and Uttarakhand. Key Facts ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2017
Topics: Diseases • Measles Rubella • Public health • universal immunisation programme • Vaccination