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WHO issues guidance on new virus, gears up for haj

The World Health Organization on Wednesday urged health workers everywhere to report patients with acute respiratory infection who may have been in Saudi Arabia or Qatar, following the discovery of a new virus from the...

27 September, 2012

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Disease outbreak in Saudi Arabia linked to SARS family

The World Health Organization is keeping a close eye on a disease outbreak in Saudi Arabia caused by a virus in the same family as the one that caused SARS. There have been two confirmed infections with the new...

25 September, 2012

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MOH will administer Meningitis ‘A’ vaccine in the three northern regions

The Ministry of Health, in its efforts to reduce the incidence of meningitis epidemic that regularly hits the northern sector of Ghana, has introduced a new vaccine “Meningitis A Conjugate Vaccine” (MenAfriVac) to...

21 September, 2012

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Protecting with immunisation

Countries in Southeast Asia are going through unprecedented economic growth despite global economic uncertainties. To be able to maintain this upward trend countries need to secure the health of their citizens _...

20 September, 2012

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Mixed results for dengue vaccine trial

The results of the first trial of the effectiveness of a vaccine for dengue, a sometimes fatal disease endemic throughout most tropical countries, have engendered both enthusiasm and disappointment. The vaccine proved...

12 September, 2012

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WHO releases dengue strategy

The World Health Organization recently released a strategic report in an effort to cut deaths from dengue virus infections in half and overall dengue cases by 25 percent in the next eight years. The Global Strategy for...

10 September, 2012

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Asia fails to take up rotavirus vaccine

Most countries in Asia have yet to make the rotavirus vaccine part of their national immunization programme (NIP), despite a World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation to do so. “Timely vaccination with one of the...

10 September, 2012

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Myanmar: New pentavalent vaccination program to target 1.4 million children

About 1.4 million children under 12 months of age will be vaccinated against five deadly diseases under a four-year program beginning in October, an official from the Ministry of Health said last week. The pentavalent...

16 August, 2012

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Hepatitis A vaccination in children under 2 remains effective for 10 years

Vaccination against the hepatitis A virus (HAV) in children two years of age and younger remains effective for at least 10 years, according to new research available in the August issue of Hepatology, a journal of the...

14 August, 2012

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Bangladeshi government launches measles-rubella vaccine

Bangladesh is going to introduce measles-rubella (MR) vaccine this month in its routine immunisation programme to prevent rubella infections that doctors say can cause ‘severe’ birth defects. The shot will...

7 August, 2012

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