Tag:Vaccine
Health Policy
Monkeypox Concern Heightened Only After it Became A ‘Northern’ Disease, Says WHO
Castigating developed countries for not paying heed to diseases prevalent in the global south until these hit home, the WHO has urged developed nations...
Climate change
Weather Factors Key to ‘Predicting’ Dengue Outbreaks
Dengue transmission is expected to intensify due to climate change because weather plays key a role in the spread of mosquito-borne diseases as the...
Civil society
Disappointment Over COVID-19 Vaccines Patents Deal
Global health campaigners have expressed their disappointment in the decision by the World Trade Organization to waive certain intellectual property rules on vaccine exports...
Accountability
Strong Indian Pitch at WTO to Protect Interests of Developing and Under-Developed Countries
India raised concerns about the “skewed” WTO reforms proposal and spoke of the need to retain the S&DT provisions for the developing world, global...
Child mortality
‘Perfect Storm’ of Conditions for Measles Outbreaks Brewing Fast
Reported worldwide measles cases increased by 79 per cent in the first two months of 2022, compared to the same period in 2021, as...
Child mortality
So Close, Yet So Far: Three Decades of Injecting Immunity Into Children in Pakistan
Pakistan might have come a long way in reducing child morbidity and mortality over the past 30 years, nevertheless, cases of vaccine preventable diseases...
COVID-19
A Third of the World Remains Totally Unvaccinated against COVID-19, says WHO
In the best-case scenario, less severe variants emerge and boosters or new formulations of vaccines won’t be necessary. But, in the worst-case scenario, a...
COVID-19
Tribal women: Enveloped by TRIPS, the Pandemic, and a History of Neglect
Gender inequality is a perverse form of discrimination which undermines women’s identity and agency and deprives them of their rights. This extends to women,...
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Two Challenges Before Microfinance
The rate of interest charged by microfinance institutions is high enough not to allow microfinance to bring about any...
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Quakes Do Not Kill People, Bad Buildings Do
The infrastructure surge in the geologically fragile Himalayas is putting people at risk. So are populations in the alluvial...
Human Society is Making the Mistake of Forgetting the Importance of Forests: President Droupadi Murmu
President Droupadi Murmu said that she was confident that the officers of the Indian Forest Service had become completely...
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Two Challenges Before Microfinance
The rate of interest charged by microfinance institutions is...
Quakes Do Not Kill People, Bad Buildings Do
The infrastructure surge in the geologically fragile Himalayas is...
