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WHO advisory group says universal immunization efforts must continue

WHO member states in the Western Pacific region must keep up efforts to achieve universal immunization coverage to prevent diseases like polio, a WHO advisory group said during a recent meeting. The Technical Advisory...

3 September, 2013

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WHO hand hygiene strategy feasible and sustainable

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) strategy for improving hand hygiene is easy for health-care workers to practise, according to a new study published in Lancet Infectious Diseases. It observed that health care...

30 August, 2013

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Indonesia launches pentavalent vaccine

In an attempt to reduce the children-under-five mortality rate and expand the coverage of the national vaccination program, the government has launched the pentavalent vaccine, a vaccine that combines five antigens —...

26 August, 2013

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Newly created Malaria vaccine is 100% effective

Scientists have finally created a Malaria vaccine that is 100 percent effective, sources confirmed. According to the researchers, this vaccine will help prevent fatal diseases and other complications that may be brought...

20 August, 2013

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New human H7N9 case sparks concerns of continued infections

China’s National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) has notified the World Health Organization (WHO) of a new lab-confirmed case of human infection with H7N9 avian influenza A virus (bird flu). This is the...

19 August, 2013

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Camels prime suspects in deadly Saudi virus outbreak

People infected with a deadly virus that emerged in Saudi Arabia last year may have caught it from one-humped camels used in the region for meat, milk, transport and racing. In a study into what kind of animal...

12 August, 2013

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Mutated virus heightens polio worries

A rare and dangerous strain of a mutated polio virus has reappeared in Pakistan to the dread of the long-time polio-free world. Dr Alias Durray, chief of the World Health Organisation’s polio eradication programme in...

5 August, 2013

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Study: MERS virus may be deadlier than SARS

The new respiratory virus that emerged in the Middle East last year appears to make people sicker faster than SARS, but doesn’t seem to spread as easily, according to the latest detailed look at about four dozen...

31 July, 2013

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Polio virus detected in Israel’s wastewater, WHO confirms

The polio virus was detected in 30 sewage samples in Israel, the World Health Organization confirmed, spurring Israel to step up its vaccination efforts. The samples from 10 sites in Israel were mostly from the southern...

22 July, 2013

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Saudi Ministry of Health issues new Hajj guidance

The Saudi Arabian ministry of health recommended Friday that elderly people with chronic diseases, such as those affecting the heart, kidneys and respiratory system, as well as diabetes, postpone undertaking the Umrah...

16 July, 2013

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