Valneva vaccine approved for use in the UK, UK Covid Vaccine Research Hub
The vaccine manufactured by French biotech company Valneva has been approved by regulators for use in the UK.
The vaccine is the sixth to be approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for use in the UK, after the Novavax vaccine was approved on 3 February. The MHRA is the first regulator in the world to approve the Valneva vaccine.
The vaccine is based on more traditional technology than those currently being used in the UK, and is similar to the existing shots for polio and flu. This is because it contains a whole inactivated copy of the SARS-COV-2 virus, which can teach the body how to f...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 14, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Malawi: Polio Vaccine Drive Starts in Malawi, Other Nations
[SciDev.Net] Dar es Salaam -- A vaccination campaign targeting 23 million children has kicked off in Malawi and neighbouring countries to contain an outbreak of wild polio declared last month, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - April 1, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Mozambique: Polio Vaccination Surpasses Target
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican Health Ministry on Wednesday announced that it has surpassed the target set for vaccinating children under the age of five against polio. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - April 1, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Setting the Record Straight about COVID-19 Vaccines for Children
Common sense and our experience show that prevention is much better than treatment. Gone are the days of children paralyzed from polio. Gone are the days of many children having devastating meningitis. Gone are the days of not being able prevent hundreds of children per year dying from influenza. Such is the value of preventative medicine, especially due to vaccination.
Like most things in medicine, we must balance the risks and benefits in making decisions for all patients, especially children. Early in our response to COVID-19, we had to make decisions with incomplete information. Two years of both providing care and con...
Source: TIME: Health - March 31, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Scott A. Rivkees Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news
Gambia: Together We Can Kick Out Polio in the Gambia!
[The Point] The Ministry of Health's Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) yesterday ended the second leg of its nationwide polio vaccination. The second is targeting about 95% of children under 5 years. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - March 30, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Did Marjorie Taylor Greene Incorrectly Claim CDC Doesn ’t Recommend 4 Polio Shots?
Did Taylor Greene (R-GA) or her staffers check the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website or their own vaccination records before she made claims about what the CDC has said about polio vaccination? (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - March 27, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Y. Lee, Senior Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Science /science business pharma Source Type: news
9 million children to be vaccinated against polio in Africa
A drive to vaccinate more than 9 million children against polio has been launched this week in four countries in southern and eastern Africa after an outbreak was confirmed in Malawi (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - March 22, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Eradicating Polio Would Eradicate So Much Tragedy
A Pakistani child receives a dose of the oral polio vaccine (OPV). Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPSBy Matshidiso MoetiBRAZZAVILLE, Mar 22 2022 (IPS) In the outskirts of Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, just beyond where paved roads transition to dirt, an undiagnosed polio infection paralysed a three-year-old girl. From one day to the next, the child’s life was changed forever.
Among Africa’s public health community, we had looked at our successes against wild poliovirus as a cause for optimism. In the 1990s, the disease paralysed more than 75,000 African children every year. But following extensive immunization campaigns coupl...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - March 22, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Matshidiso Moeti Tags: Africa Development & Aid Headlines Health Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations Polio Source Type: news
Malawi: Malawi Rolls Out Polio Vaccination Campaign
[MBC] The Ministry of Health and UNICEF with support from the Global Partnership for Polio Eradication have rolled out the Polio vaccination campaign aimed at reaching out to over 6 million under-five children in Malawi. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - March 22, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Malawi: Malawi Rolls Out Polio Vaccination Campaign As Govt Targets 2.9 Million Children
[Nyasa Times] Government has rolled out polio vaccination campaign with a target to vaccinate 2.9 million children within a period of four months. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - March 22, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Malawi Launches Polio Vaccine for East and Southern Africa Countries
[VOA] Blantyre, Malawi -- Malawi Sunday launched a polio vaccination campaign after the country in February confirmed its first case, 30 years after it eradicated the disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 20, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Malawi: Govt Urges Accurate Reporting On Polio Vaccine to Avoid Immunization Hesitancy
[Nyasa Times] The Ministry of Health has appealed to journalists in the country to ensure accurate reporting on polio vaccines to avoid unnecessary misinformation and misconception that may lead to public hesitancy towards the intended nationwide immunization campaign. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - March 20, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Mass Polio Vaccination Effort Underway in East Africa
Malawi and its neighbors plan to vaccinate 9.4 million children against polio in the coming week to combat a suspected outbreak. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - March 18, 2022 Category: Science Tags: News & Opinion Source Type: news
Gambia: Gambia Starts Second Nationwide Polio Vaccination On Saturday
[The Point] The Ministry of Health's Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) is set to commence the second leg of its nationwide polio vaccination this Saturday, targeting about 95% of children in the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - March 18, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Statement of the Thirty-First Polio IHR Emergency Committee
[WHO] The thirty-first meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) on the international spread of poliovirus was convened by the WHO Director-General on 28 February 2022 with committee members and advisers attending via video conference, supported by the WHO Secretariat. The Emergency Committee reviewed the data on wild poliovirus (WPV1) and circulating vaccine derived polioviruses (cVDPV). Technical updates were received about the situation in the following State P (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - March 15, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
