Experimental Rotavirus Vaccine More Effective When Started at Birth Experimental Rotavirus Vaccine More Effective When Started at Birth
An experimental oral rotavirus vaccine, when given at birth and in two subsequent doses, can reduce the rate of severe and potentially deadly diarrhea by 75%, according to new study conducted among Indonesian babies.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - February 22, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medscape Today News Source Type: news
Africa:Vaccine for Infant Diarrhoeal Disease Gets WHO Approval
[East African] The World Health Organisation has approved the manufacture of a new vaccine aimed at preventing a diarrhoeal disease spread by rotavirus among infants and young children. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 6, 2018 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Uganda:Uganda Introduces New Rotavirus Vaccine for Infants
[Monitor] Uganda has introduced a new drug to combat Rotavirus and other related diseases among the infants in the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 30, 2018 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Rotavirus vaccine could reduce UK health inequalities, new study suggests
(University of Liverpool) New research led by the University of Liverpool has found that childhood vaccination against rotavirus has greatest benefit in the most deprived communities and could contribute to reducing health inequalities in the UK. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - January 29, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Researchers gain new insight into how the intestine repairs itself
(Baylor College of Medicine) Researchers propose that, contrary to the current thinking, how the intestine repairs itself seems to depend on the type of damage, and they found that triggers that were previously thought to be unimportant are actually essential for repairing rotavirus-caused injury. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 29, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
WHO awards prequalification to Bharat Bio ’s Rotavirus vaccine
The vaccine to prevent infant deaths and hospitalisations due to rotavirus diarrhoea was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in March 2015. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - January 26, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Tanzania:Who's Rotavac Vaccine Pre-Qualification to Step Up Diarrhoea Fight
[Daily News] IMMUNISATION against diarrhoea for children under five years in Tanzania and globally has received yet another boost, thanks to prequalification by the World Health Organisation (WHO), of an additional rotavirus vaccine dubbed 'Rotavac', which is produced by India's Bharat Biotech. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 25, 2018 Category: African Health Source Type: news
India-made rotavirus vaccine achieves World Health Organization prequalification
(PATH) Indian vaccine manufacturer Bharat Biotech has received prequalification from the WHO for their oral rotavirus vaccine, ROTAVAC. The vaccine will now be available for procurement by United Nations agencies and Gavi for use in low-resource countries. PATH worked with the Indian Department of Biotechnology, the Society for Applied Studies, and Bharat Biotech on the clinical trials that demonstrated the safety and efficacy of the vaccine. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 24, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
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Source: eMedicineHealth.com - January 22, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Two-thirds of Eligible High-risk Infants Not Vaccinated Against Rotavirus in Hospital Two-thirds of Eligible High-risk Infants Not Vaccinated Against Rotavirus in Hospital
Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - December 7, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Gastroenterology News Source Type: news
Increased rotavirus vaccination improves quality of care
(Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News)
Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News - December 1, 2017 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Rotavirus vaccine potentially cost effective in Afghanistan
(Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News)
Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News - December 1, 2017 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Global Routine Vaccination Coverage, 2016
Global coverage with the third dose of diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and pertussis-containing vaccine, the third dose of polio vaccine, and first dose of measles. Among new or underused vaccines, global coverage increased during 2010-2016 for completed vaccine series against rotavirus (8% to 25%), Streptococcus pneumoniae (11% to 42%), rubella (35% to 47%), Haemophilus influenzae type B (42% to 70%) and hepatitis B vaccine (74% to 84%). containing vaccine coverage has remained unchanged at 84%-86% since 2010. (Source: PHPartners.org)
Source: PHPartners.org - November 16, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Vaccination Coverage Among Children Aged 19-35 Months - United States, 2016
Coverage with most recommended vaccines remained stable and high in 2016; coverage was ≥90% for polio, measles, mumps, and rubella, varicella, and hepatitis B vaccines, and lowest (61%-74%) for hepatitis A, the birth dose of hepatitis B, and rotavirus vaccines, and the combined 7-vaccine series. (Source: PHPartners.org)
Source: PHPartners.org - November 3, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Implementation of Rotavirus Surveillance and Vaccine Introduction — World Health Organization African Region, 2007–2016
(Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - November 2, 2017 Category: American Health Source Type: news
