Madagascar: GPEI Boosts Madagascar's Fight Against Polio and Low Vaccination Rates
[GAVI] Antananarivo -- A high-level delegation of the Global Polio Elimination Initiative (GPEI) is in Madagascar to support the country in strengthening routine immunisation while combatting a polio outbreak in the country.Over the next three days, the delegation will meet with President of Madagascar, the First Lady, the Minister of Public Health and the Minister of Foreign Affairs to strengthen collaboration between the government and the partners, while taking advantage of the "Big Catch-up" to fill immunisation gaps in (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 25, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Children and Youth East Africa Health and Medicine Madagascar NGOs and Civil Society Polio Source Type: news
CDC: Meeting of the Board of Scientific Counselors, Office of Readiness and Response
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will hold a virtual public meeting of the Board of Scientific Counselors, Office of Readiness and Response (BSC, ORR) on May 23, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Eastern. The agenda includes an organizational update; an overview of the Division of Readiness and Response Science; Division Directors follow-up discussion; polio containment working group updates; healthy equity working group updates; and more.Registration to attend the meeting is required. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - April 22, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Sanofi gets nod for new polio vaccine in India
To ensure that there is no interruption to the availability of IPV vaccines, the French firm has already obtained approvals for IMOVAX-Polio. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - April 5, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Sanofi gets nod for injectable Polio vaccine
The announcement comes a day after ET reported that the company had ceased production of its ShanIPV vaccines in India, which may lead to a potential shortage in the country. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - April 4, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
There can't be shortage of Polio vaccine; Serum Institute can make it: CEO Adar Poonawalla
Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) is prepared to increase production of injectable poliomyelitis vaccine (IPV) to fill the gap left by France's Sanofi closing its manufacturing plants in India. SII currently supplies half of the 20 million IPV doses to the government's immunization program and can provide additional doses with a 3-4 month notice. Adar Poonawalla, SII CEO, stated that supplying IPV to the government at current prices is unviable for most companies, but SII continues to do so as a service to the nation. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - April 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Surveillance To Track Progress Toward Polio Eradication - Worldwide, 2022-2023
This report describes poliovirus surveillance in countries at high risk for polio transmission. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - April 4, 2024 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news
Polio vaccine shortage looms over India with Sanofi plants' shutdown
An impending crisis looms over India's supply of injectable poliomyelitis vaccine (IPV) as French drugmaker Sanofi has shut down its manufacturing plants in the country, halting production of its IPV brand ShanIPV in December 2023. Sanofi's closure has raised concerns about disruptions in India's polio eradication efforts, as it catered to over 80% of the country's IPV dose requirements. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - April 3, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Bharat Biotech, Bilthoven Biologicals collaborate for oral polio vaccines production, supply
Bharat Biotech on Tuesday said it has collaborated with the Netherlands-based Bilthoven Biologicals B.V, a wholly-owned arm of Serum Institute of India, to strengthen production and supply security of oral polio vaccines. An agreement has been signed between the two partners under which Bharat Biotech will procure drug substances for the production of oral polio vaccines (OPVs) to be supplied within India and globally, the company said in a statement. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - April 2, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
WHO commends Iraq ’s world-first in polio transition
1 April 2024 – As of January 2024, Iraq has achieved the polio transition process in full. It is the first country among the polio transition priority countries to achieve this remarkable feat.
Polio transition involves repurposing polio assets – knowledge, network and infrastructure – to strengthen the broader public health functions of a country within the overall context of strengthening the national health system. These wider functions include immunization, vaccine-preventable diseases surveillance, and emergency preparedness and response.
To safeguard polio essential functions through sustainable resource...
Source: WHO EMRO News - April 1, 2024 Category: Middle East Health 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
The man in the iron lung: How Paul Alexander lived life to the full
He spent 72 years using an iron lung machine to breathe after surviving polio as a child. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Paul Alexander Thrived for Decades in an Iron Lung After Contracting Polio in 1952
(MedPage Today) -- Confined to an iron lung after contracting polio as a child, Paul Alexander managed to train himself to breathe on his own for part of the day, earned a law degree, wrote a book about his life, built a big following on social... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - March 14, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Paul Alexander, Polio Patient With Iron Lung and Positive Outlook, Dies at 78
DALLAS — Confined to an iron lung after contracting polio as a child, Paul Alexander managed to train himself to breathe on his own for part of the day, earned a law degree, wrote a book about his life, built a big following on social media and inspired people around the globe with his positive outlook.
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Alexander died Monday at the age of 78 at a Dallas hospital, said Daniel Spinks, a longtime friend. He said Alexander had recently been hospitalized after being diagnosed with COVID-19 but he did not know the cause of death.
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Source: TIME: Health - March 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Stengle / AP Tags: Uncategorized News Desk overnight wire Source Type: news
Paul Alexander, Polio Survivor Who Lived in Iron Lung for 70 Years, Dies age 78
Paul Alexander, who died at 78, was paralyzed with polio at age 6 and relied on the machine to breathe. Still, he was able to earn a law degree, write a book and, late in life, build a following on TikTok. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jesus Jim énez Tags: Lungs Deaths (Obituaries) Dallas (Tex) Texas United States Poliomyelitis Iron Lung Source Type: news
Paul Alexander, Polio Survivor Who Lived in Iron Lung for 72 Years, Dies age 78
Paul Alexander, who died at 78, was paralyzed with polio at age 6 and relied on the machine to breathe. Still, he was able to earn a law degree, write a book and, late in life, build a following on TikTok. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jesus Jim énez Tags: Lungs Deaths (Obituaries) Poliomyelitis Paralysis Iron Lung Source Type: news
