Progress in vaccinating children against a variety of life-threatening diseases has stalled in the past two decades – and even gone backwards in some countries – a new global study suggests. The situation has been made worse by the Covid pandemic, leaving millions of children unprotected from diseases such as measles, tuberculosis and polio. The researchers … Read more
Getty Images A child receiving a vaccination The UK is at a “tipping point”, with low uptake of routine vaccinations putting children at risk of catching severe diseases, health officials say. Stalling vaccination rates against some diseases, such as whooping cough and measles, means population immunity is no longer high enough to stop outbreaks. Latest … Read more
The digital expansion follows the success of the Covid vaccination programme, NHS England says. Source link
Around 15,000 children are not fully immunised against measles, mumps and rubella, a report finds. Source link
It has been nearly three years since the School Health and Wellness Programme was launched under the Ayushman Bharat scheme, and so far only 15 of India’s States – less than half – have started weekly 40-minute classroom sessions with students, official sources from the Union Health Ministry told The Hindu. A crucial cog in … Read more
Residents in the borough of Brent in London are being offered an alternative to visiting a vaccine centre – a vaccine bus. The aim is to reach areas where jab uptake is relatively low, offering a potentially more convenient route to getting the vaccine. It might also allow health teams to help alleviate vaccine hesitancy … Read more
But uptake among care home staff is still around 80% despite attempts to get more to come forward. Source link