National Newborn Week celebrated

Published: November 21, 2020

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 in 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

Published: October 25, 2020

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 in 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?

Published: September 19, 2020

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

Published: July 11, 2019

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

Published: August 7, 2017

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 ..

Topics: Diseases • Measles Rubella • Public health • universal immunisation programme • Vaccination

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