In ’11-12, 83% Of 31,000 State Kids Died Within 28 Days Of Birth

Following 21 reported infant deaths since the introduction of Pentavalent vaccine in India in 2011, the government is planning a large-scale study to determine the safety of the vaccine and the cau

This latest edition of the World health report focuses on the importance of research in advancing progress towards universal health coverage and also identifies the benefits of increased investment in health research.

The city’s first suspected Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus (MERS-Cov) case has highlighted how its sole isolation facility needs some serious beefing up.

At least 30 unnatural deaths, 15 of which owe direct allegiance to diarrhoea, have been reported from various remote villages of Bastar division in the past one month.

At least 30 unnatural deaths, 15 of which owe direct allegiance to diarrhoea, have been reported from various remote villages of Bastar division in the past one month.

As many as 58 tigers have died in the past five years due to poaching, territorial fights and old age in various big cat habitats in Madhya Pradesh.

A recent study in China has found that the risk factors of pneumonia are still higher in modern cities.

On May 4, 2013, the ministry of health of VietNam suspended Quinvaxem, the pentavalent combination used in that country, after it had caused 12 deaths and nine non-fatal serious adverse events (3). On investigating the reactions caused by the vaccine, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that the nine non-fatal cases could correspond to known vaccine reactions, but the fatal cases were not related to the use of the vaccine.

Over 1,00,000 children, below the age of 11 months, die of diarrhoea annually in India which is the second leading killer of young children globally, after pneumonia.

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