Whooping Cough Is Surging in China With Tens of Thousands of Cases and Over a Dozen Deaths
Discussions are needed to determine if the country should update the vaccine it uses for the disease or adjust the immunization program, Shen Hongbing, director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said at a conference in March.
“It requires close attention to prevent and control the spread of whooping cough in China,” Shen said, according to local media reports.
Vaccination woes
Whooping cough infections have been rising in China since 2014, with more than 30,000 in 2019, according to the Chinese CDC. After a respite during the Covid isolation days, they bounced ...
Source: TIME: Health - April 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Bloomberg News Tags: Uncategorized News Desk overnight wire Source Type: news
Yemen conflict enters 10th year with over 17 million people in need of health aid
The country faces an alarmingly high malnutrition rate, with nearly 2.4 million children aged under 5 years suffering from stunting.
25 March 2024, Cairo, Egypt – The conflict in Yemen enters its 10th year today, with over half of the country’s population in desperate need of aid and an estimated 17.8 million people requiring health assistance, 50% of them children.
“It’s almost as if ongoing conflicts have become an accepted part of the everyday realities of life in the region. It’s important to step back and remember that hungry children, disease outbreaks, hospitals shutting down … these are not to be norm...
Source: WHO EMRO News - March 25, 2024 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Diphtheria - Four Children Dead, 28 Hospitalised in Kano
[Premium Times] Kano State according to data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) tops the diphtheria disease charts in the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 22, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
West Virginia Lawmakers OK Bill Drawing Back One of the Strictest Child Vaccination Laws
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s GOP-controlled state Legislature voted Saturday to allow some students who don’t attend traditional public schools to be exempt from state vaccination requirements that have long been held up as among the most strict in the country.
The bill was approved despite the objections of Republican Senate Health and Human Resources Chair Mike Maroney, a trained doctor, who called the bill “an embarrassment” and said he believed lawmakers were harming the state.
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Source: TIME: Health - March 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: LEAH WILLINGHAM / AP Tags: Uncategorized News Desk wire Source Type: news
Huge push to get kids vaccinated against illnesses like measles, polio and diphtheria as uptake rates plunge to decade low in wake of Covid
Fronted by children, the advert aims to appeal directly to parents and boost the numbers getting their children vaccinated with experts concerned about the risk illness falling jab uptake. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Nigeria: 2023 Recap - HPV Vaccine Integration, Diphtheria Battle, Other Major Health Sector Events
In this report, PREMIUM TIMES analyses a year in healthcare - acknowledging the difficulties faced, highlighting successes achieved, and pointing out the path ahead for a healthier future. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 27, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Nigeria: Nigeria Faces Resurgence of Polio, Diphtheria, Others
[Vanguard] ...as N60bn 2023 immunization budget is yet to be released (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - December 22, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria Polio West Africa Source Type: news
Nigeria: Anambra Govt Trains Health Workers to Prevent Diphtheria Outbreak
[Premium Times] There has been a surge in diphtheria infection in Nigeria. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 6, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Africa: Alliance Introduces New Vaccine Programmes to Save More Lives and Support Child Health
[GAVI] Geneva -- Countries can now submit plans to introduce diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTP)-containing vaccine boosters (DTP boosters) and the six-in-one hexavalent vaccine Gavi and partners are also working towards expanding the portfolio of offerings in 2024, including the hepatitis B birth dose and rabies vaccines Thabani Maphosa, Managing Director of Country Programmes Delivery, Gavi: "By continually expanding our vaccine portfolio, and targeting the children and communities most frequently left behind, we (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 5, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Children and Youth External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa NGOs and Civil Society Source Type: news
West Africa responds to huge diphtheria outbreaks
Authorities in several West African countries are trying to manage their huge diphtheria outbreaks (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - November 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
West Africa: Upscaling of Diphtheria Vaccination Needed to Curb West Africa Outbreaks
[MSF] West African countries have been struggling for months with the worst diphtheria outbreak on record on the continent. The problem can only be tackled if all entities step up their vaccination and treatment efforts, says Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). More and faster support for the affected countries is urgently needed to avoid more deaths. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 22, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Aid and Assistance External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa NGOs and Civil Society West Africa Source Type: news
Shock rise in diphtheria is linked to surge in migrants
Rising numbers of people are arriving in the UK with diphtheria. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - November 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
South Africa: Confirmed Diphtheria Outbreak At Pollsmoor Prison As Inmate Dies
[Daily Maverick] A diphtheria outbreak has been declared at the Pollsmoor Correctional Centre in Cape Town following the death of a 19-year-old inmate. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 10, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Source Type: news
Africa: Building Momentum Against Diphtheria Outbreak in Nigeria
[WHO-AFRO] Abuja -- When his seven-year-old brother Jubrin was diagnosed with diphtheria in July 2023, Aminu Dayyabu Alharini had never heard of the disease, the latest outbreak of which has claimed more than 500 lives in Nigeria. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 1, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Routine Vaccination Coverage - Worldwide, 2022
From 2021 to 2022, global coverage with the first dose of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis-containing vaccine increased from 86% to 89%, and with the first dose of measles-containing vaccine from 81% to 84%, but neither returned to 2019 prepandemic coverage levels of 90% and 86%, respectively. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - October 26, 2023 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news
