India introduces new vaccine to fight pneumococcal disease savita thakur thakur15 May 2017 11:50 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Centre introduced a new vaccine in its immunisation programme to protect children against diseases such as pneumonia in India, which...
Health ministry to launch pneumonia vaccine on May 13 savita thakur thakur5 May 2017 10:52 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Union government will launch pneumonia vaccine, under its universal immunisation programme, in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh on...
Health Ministry launches measles and rubella vaccination campaign savita thakur thakur7 Feb 2017 12:03 PM ISTMeasles is a deadly disease and one of the important causes of death in children. It is highly contagious and spreads through coughing and sneezing of...
People over 60 should get vaccinated against invasive pneumonia: AIIMS doctors savita thakur thakur12 Nov 2016 11:53 AM ISTNew Delhi: Doctors at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) suggested people above 60 years to get themselves vaccinated against invasive...
Health Ministry approves vaccine for pneumonia savita thakur thakur9 Nov 2016 12:42 PM ISTUnion Health Minister J.P. Nadda approved the introduction of the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) under the Universal Immunisation Programme to...
AYUSH practitioners likely to practice at primary health care level Pooja Bhatia Bhatia22 March 2016 6:58 PM ISTThe ongoing as well as long- going debate of allowing ISM doctors to practise allopathy seems to be stirring up conversations yet again. It seems like...
India tops list of pneumonia and diarrhoea deaths savita thakur thakur21 Nov 2015 11:50 AM ISTNov 20 : India tops the list of nations with the highest number of pneumonia and diarrhoea deaths in the world, a report said on Friday.Nigeria,...
Indian Academy of Paediatrics underlines need for paediatric pneumococcal surveillance Pooja Bhatia Bhatia13 Nov 2015 8:40 AM ISTThe counterpart of Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP) in Pune has reinstated the need for paediatric pneumococcal surveillance-in order to reduce the...
