Lucknow, September 24 A stock of 4.6 lakh vaccines for Japanese Encephalitis (JE) has lost potency due to a fault in maintenance of the cold chain at the Government Medical Store Depot (GMSD) in Karnal, a Health Ministry probe has revealed.

As the wild polio virus (P3) resurfaced in Bargarh district, many questions were raised about the effectiveness of the polio eradication drive in the State. And whether the routine immunization (RI) process being rightly followed or participation from the target groups is up to mark?

Though these factors are associated with several socio-economic parameters, experts feel that even the failure of the Information, Education and Communication (IEC) activities could be pointers.

How would you react if you were told that your child had contracted a lifelong ailment because of the side-effects of a vaccine that is part of the government's immunisation programme? And what if it's discovered that the vaccine didn't even offer protection in the first place against the disease it was meant to provide immunity from?

Rema Nagarajan | TIG

If a disease can be treated for Rs 10, why would you spend Rs 12,000 for it? That is the question being raised by some doctors on a move to make a vaccine against pneumonia part of the immunisation programme.

Following reports on polio detection cases in Morigaon district, the Barpeta District Health Society has geared up immunisation activities to make the district polio-free.

JORHAT, Aug 3

Encouraging Results Offer Hope To Lakhs

Risha Chitlangia | TNN

New Delhi: If everything goes as per the plan, in next three years India would get a shot in the arm in its fight against diarrhoea. With encouraging results from phase 2 trials, experts are confident that an indigenous rotavirus vaccine would prevent rotavirus infections and bring down cases of severe diarrhoea among infants and children.

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has asked the provincial health department to hold special training courses for all its grades 19 and 20 doctors to equip them with managerial skills.