World Immunization week

World Immunization Week World Immunization Week, 24-30 April 2018 World Immunization Week is celebrated in the last week of April. It aims to highlight the collective action needed to ensure that every person is protected from vaccine-preventable diseases. Immunization saves millions of lives and is widely recognized as one of the world’s most successful and cost-effective health interventions. Expanding access to immunization is crucial to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. This year’s theme is: “Protected Together, #VaccinesWork”. It encourages people at every level from donors to the general public to go further in their efforts to increase immunization coverage for the greater good. To do so, health care officials must invest in immunization efforts, health workers must make vaccines a priority, and people must get themselves and their families vaccinated. Key facts Immunization prevents illness, disability and death from vaccine-preventable diseases including cervical cancer, diphtheria, hepatitis B, measles, mumps, pertussis (whooping cough), pneumonia, polio, rotavirus diarrhoea, rubella and tetanus. There are more than 19 million unvaccinated or under-vaccinated children in the world, putting them at serious risk of these potentially fatal diseases. There was 84% drop in measles deaths between 2000 and 2016 worldwide, due to measles vaccination. Polio cases have decreased by over 99% since 1988. Today, only 3 countries (Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan) remain polio-endemic, down from more than 125 in 1988. India was declared polio free by World Health Organization in 2014. In India 62% of children in the age group 12-23 months were found to be fully immunized ((BCG, measles, and 3 doses each of polio and DPT) ) during NFHS-4(national family health survey 2015-2016). Immunisation programmes in India: Universal Immunisation Programme(UIP): Government of India is providing vaccination free of cost against vaccine preventable diseases include diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, polio, measles, severe form of childhood tuberculosis, hepatitis B, meningitis and pneumonia (Hemophilus influenza type B infections), Japanese encephalitis (JE) in JE endemic districts and newer vaccines such as rotavirus vaccine, IPV, adult JE vaccine, pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) and measles-rubella (MR) vaccine under UIP. Mission Indradhanush: To strengthen and re-energize the UIP and achieve full immunization coverage for all children and pregnant women at a rapid pace, the Government of India launched “Mission Indradhanush” in December 2014. Earlier the increase in full immunization coverage was 1% per year which has increased to 6.7% per year through the first two phases of Mission Indradhanush. Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI): To further intensify the immunization programme, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi launched the Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) on October 8, 2017. Through this programme, Government of India aims to reach each and every child up to two years of age and all those pregnant women who have been left uncovered under the routine immunization programme to ensure full immunisation to more than 90% by December 2018. NHP Indradhanush Immunization (mobile application): Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India had launched a mobile application to make parents and guardian aware about the immunization schedule of their children and for tracking their immunization status. Application can be downloaded from Google play store. “Through childhood, adolescence and into adulthood vaccination protects health at every stage of life no matter where you live”. Source : NHP

World Immunization Week, 24-30 April 2020 World Immunization Week is celebrated in the last week of April. It aims to highlight the collective action needed to ensure that every person is protected from vaccine-preventable diseases. Immunization saves millions of lives and is widely recognized as one of the world’s most successful and cost-effective health interventions. Expanding access to immunization is crucial to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. This year’s theme is: “Protected Together, #VaccinesWork”. It encourages people at every level from donors to the general public to go further in their efforts to increase immunization coverage for the greater good. To do so, health care officials must invest in immunization efforts, health workers must make vaccines a priority, and people must get themselves and their families vaccinated. Key facts Immunization prevents illness, disability and death from vaccine-preventable diseases including cervical cancer, diphtheria, hepatitis B, measles, mumps, pertussis (whooping cough), pneumonia, polio, rotavirus diarrhoea, rubella and tetanus. There are more than 19 million unvaccinated or under-vaccinated children in the world, putting them at serious risk of these potentially fatal diseases. There was 84% drop in measles deaths between 2000 and 2016 worldwide, due to measles vaccination. Polio cases have decreased by over 99% since 1988. Today, only 3 countries (Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan) remain polio-endemic, down from more than 125 in 1988. India was declared polio free by World Health Organization in 2014. In India 62% of children in the age group 12-23 months were found to be fully immunized ((BCG, measles, and 3 doses each of polio and DPT) ) during NFHS-4(national family health survey 2015-2016). Immunisation programmes in India: Universal Immunisation Programme(UIP): Government of India is providing vaccination free of cost against vaccine preventable diseases include diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, polio, measles, severe form of childhood tuberculosis, hepatitis B, meningitis and pneumonia (Hemophilus influenza type B infections), Japanese encephalitis (JE) in JE endemic districts and newer vaccines such as rotavirus vaccine, IPV, adult JE vaccine, pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) and measles-rubella (MR) vaccine under UIP. Mission Indradhanush: To strengthen and re-energize the UIP and achieve full immunization coverage for all children and pregnant women at a rapid pace, the Government of India launched “Mission Indradhanush” in December 2014. Earlier the increase in full immunization coverage was 1% per year which has increased to 6.7% per year through the first two phases of Mission Indradhanush. Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI): To further intensify the immunization programme, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi launched the Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) on October 8, 2017. Through this programme, Government of India aims to reach each and every child up to two years of age and all those pregnant women who have been left uncovered under the routine immunization programme to ensure full immunisation to more than 90% by December 2018. NHP Indradhanush Immunization (mobile application): Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India had launched a mobile application to make parents and guardian aware about the immunization schedule of their children and for tracking their immunization status. Application can be downloaded from Google play store. “Through childhood, adolescence and into adulthood vaccination protects health at every stage of life no matter where you live”. Source : NHP

ABC OF : LAB. DIAGNOSIS OF VIRAL INFECTIONS. Part I. MAY BE USEFUL. *** METHODS USED IN DIAGNOSTIC VIROLOGY :- Virus isolation and a number of methods for detection of viral antigens, nucleic acids, and antibodies (serology) are the core repertoire of techniques used for the laboratory diagnosis of viral infections, although some other techniques are also occasionally used....... *** In the diagnostic laboratory, VIRUS INFECTIONS are CONFIRMED BY several methods that include :- GROWTH OF THE VIRUS in a cell culture from a specimen taken from the patient. Detection of  VIRUS-SPECIFIC ANTIBODIES in the blood....... OBSERVATION OF VIRUS PARTICLES BY ELECTRON MICROSCOPY....... *** Most commonly, viral infections involve the nose, throat, and upper airways....... Doctors may base the diagnosis on symptoms, blood tests and cultures, or examination of infected tissues. Antiviral drugs may interfere with the reproduction of viruses or strengthen the immune response to the viral infection....... *** Blood tests can only test for a single virusat a time, and doctors have to know which virus they're looking for, so they can look for a specific set of antibodies....... *** Viral DNA can be detected by PCR. The primers used must be specific to the targeted sequences in the DNA of a virus, and PCR can be used for diagnostic analyses or DNA sequencing of the viral genome. The high sensitivity of PCR permits virus detection soon after infection and even before the onset of disease....... ***** SOME OF THESE ARE VACCINE PREVENTABLE ; Vaccines can reduce the risk of acquiring some viralillnesses. VACCINES are available to help PROTECT AGAINST the flu1, HEPATITIS A, HEPATITIS B, CHICKENPOX, HERPES ZOSTER (shingles), CANCER-CAUSING STRAINS OF HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS (HPV), MEASLES/MUMPS/RUBELLA (MMR), POLIO, RABIES, ROTAVIRUS, YELLOW FEVER AND OTHER VIRUSES....... ***** ILLNESSES caused by viruses are among the most frequent causes of fever in adults. COMMON SYMPTOMS can include a runny nose, sore throat, cough, hoarseness, and muscle aches. Viruses also may cause diarrhea, vomiting, or an upset stomach. For the most part, these viral illnesses will improve simply with time...... *** BACTERIAL and VIRAL infections CAN CAUSE SIMILAR SYMPTOMS such as coughing and sneezing, fever, inflammation, vomiting, diarrhea, fatigue, and cramping -- all of which are ways the immune system tries to rid the body of infectious organisms.......

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