Dhaka, April 7 (IANS) As Bangladesh grapples with a measles outbreak, a total of 118 people, mostly children, died from the suspected cases, local media reported on Tuesday, citing the country’s Directorate General of Health Services(DGHS).According to the DGHS, the fatalities have been recorded since March 15, including five deaths in the 24-hour period ending Monday morning.The health agency stated that the 2006 suspected measles patients, primarily children, are currently receiving care at …
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Wellington, Feb 24 (IANS) Two new measles cases linked to overseas travel and from the same household have been detected in Auckland, three weeks after New Zealand declared an earlier outbreak over.Locations of interest include Singapore Airlines flight SQ281, which arrived in Auckland on February 17, Auckland International Airport, and the Waitakere Hospital’s emergency department waiting room, Health New Zealand said in a statement on Tuesday.Public health officials are tracing contacts, parti…
Washington, Feb 9 (IANS) Former US Food and Drug Administration commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb warned that the accelerating measles outbreak in the United States is part of a broader global cycle driven by falling vaccination rates and a growing anti-vaccine backlash that has spread well beyond America.“I think this is going to get worse, unfortunately, before it resolves,” Gottlieb said on CBS’ Face the Nation, pointing to a steady rise in cases this year following what he described as d…
Islamabad/New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Even after three decades of aggressive eradication campaigns, Pakistan’s polio woes continue amid public mistrust and logistical gaps, according to a media report. Pakistan first launched the anti-polio campaign in 1994. Yet, over the last 31 years, the country recorded a staggering total of 14,206 confirmed polio cases, The Express Tribune’s T-Magazine reported.It stated that the country has also created an invisible population of survivors due to a lack of…
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) South-East Asia Region, home to a quarter of the world’s population, has marked 15 years since recording its last case of wild poliovirus, said the World Health Organization (IANS) on Tuesday.The region continues to sustain its polio-free status while harnessing innovations and lessons from the polio programme to accelerate broader public health progress, the global health body said. “This extraordinary achievement followed unparalleled efforts and demonstrates what …
Islamabad, Jan 10 (IANS) Pakistan will vaccinate more than 45 million children during its first nationwide polio eradication campaign of 2026, scheduled to run from February 2 to February 8, health authorities said on Saturday.The country’s emergency operations centre said the week-long campaign will be conducted across the country, with vaccination teams administering oral polio vaccine to children under the age of five.The campaign will be held simultaneously in Pakistan and neighbouring Afgha…
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) India’s public-health journey has entered a decisive and results-oriented phase, said Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare JP Nadda on Wednesday. Addressing the inaugural Advancing Public Health Outcomes Forum 2025 in New Delhi, he stated that the journey is driven by strong science, effective delivery, and people’s participation.”Sustained national efforts have led to tangible progress in controlling diseases, expanding immunisation coverage, and strengtheni…