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Nepal rolls out national campaign to vaccinate 5.7 million children agains
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Nepal has started a vaccination drive to immunize about 5.7 million children between nine months to 15 years of age with an aim to eliminate measles and rubella.
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Media reports of 11 lakh children missing first measles dose "inaccurate":
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The ministry of Health and Family welfare, Government on India said that the media reports claiming that "11 lakh children in India missed 1st measles shot in 2022" is incorrect and does not reflect the true picture.
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Mission Indradhanush 5.0 (IMI 5.0) campaign to conclude with focus on meas
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
This campaign plays a pivotal role in ensuring that routine immunization services reach children and pregnant women who might have previously missed or dropped out of the vaccination programs, read the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare press release.
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Pakistan: 2 children dead, 3 critical after drinking ‘poisoned milkshake’
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Two children were killed and three more were left in critical condition after allegedly drinking a ‘poisoned milkshake’ in Punjab’s Sahiwal, Pakistan-based ARY News reported on Tuesday.
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13 children killed by suspected measles outbreak in Sudan's displacement c
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Sudanese branch of Medecins Sans Frontiere (MSF), or Doctors Without Borders, said: "The situation is critical. Suspected measles and malnutrition in children are the most urgent health problems."
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Measles virus 'cooperates' with itself to cause fatal encephalitis: Resear
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Researchers in Japan have uncovered the mechanism for how the measles virus can cause subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, or SSPE, a rare but fatal neurological disorder that can occur several years after a measles infection.
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WHO urges nations in South-East Asia to take "accelerated measures" agains
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The WHO has called on all the nations in South-East Asia to take urgent and accelerated measures against measles.
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Measles kills four-year-old girl in Mumbai, toll reaches 16
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to a statement issued by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the girl had an acute respiratory failure due to bronchopneumonia with measles.
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Kerala: Officials appeal for vaccination after over 160 cases of measles r
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Taking note of the rising cases of measles in Malappuram, the Indian Academy of Paediatricians stepped in and appealed for vaccination amid the alarming hike in the cases.
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Measles kills one-year-old girl in Mumbai, toll reaches 14
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to the BMC, 78 new patients with measles were admitted to hospitals on Monday while 49 were discharged on recovery.
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22 cases, nine deaths due measles reported in Mumbai
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Twenty-two cases, and nine deaths due to measles were reported in Mumbai
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BMC appeals for vaccination amid hike in Measles cases in Mumbai
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
After measles immunization dropped significantly and with millions of children missing vaccination, the cases in the financial capital of the country seeing a hike was a given as the total number on Wednesday stood at 233.
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