Polio

Fight against polio set to turn a new leaf

On: March 17, 2016

The battle against polio will turn over a new leaf with the health ministry deciding to switch over to bivalent oral polio vaccine (OPV) from the presently administered trivalent OPV from April 25. The trivalent oral polio vaccine has been in the immunisation schedule since 1978 and was available forContinue Reading

Kerala’s vaccination drive hits faith hurdle as mistrust grows

By: Matters India

On: January 1, 2016

In: Features

Malappuram: As his son lies unconscious on a hospital bed in Tanur, a poor father pins his hope on faith. Infected with diphtheria, doctors say the boy is still in danger. Yet, the father desists from administering his child with a much-needed injection. In the neighboring village of Vettom, AbdulContinue Reading