National Polio Immunization Drive for 2022
Context: Minister for Health and Family Welfare launched the National Polio Immunization Drive for 2022 by administering polio drops to children below five years of age in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Relevance: GS II- Health Dimensions of the Article: About Polio National Immunization Drive and Polio National Immunization Day 2022 (NID) : […]
Leprosy
Context: According to the latest report by the Leprosy Mission Trust India, the Covid-19 pandemic and its ensuing recommendations on social distancing and lockdowns caused a fall of 62.5% in the detection of active leprosy cases between April and September 2020 in four States — Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh. Relevance: GS II- Health Dimensions of the Article: What is Leprosy? What are the […]
Pandemic and Endemic
Context: People with Covid-19 will no longer legally need to isolate in United Kingdom and the tests are likely to be scaled back as part of a plan to live with Covid-19. California too has announced a shift to an endemic approach to Covid-19 that will focus on watching out for new variants and reacting quickly to […]
A Miracle Cure Against HIV
Context: There is considerable excitement in the world of medicine after scientists reported that a woman living with HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) and administered an experimental treatment is likely ‘cured’. Only three people so far are known to have been cured of HIV. Relevance: GS II- Health Dimensions of the Article: What is Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)? […]
Intensified Mission Indradhanush 4.0
Context: Recently, the Ministry of Health virtually launched Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 4.0. India is implementing the largest immunisation programme globally where it annually covers more than three crore pregnant women and 2.6 crore children through the Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP). Relevance: GS II- Health, Government Policies & Interventions Dimensions of the Article: Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 4.0 About […]
Lassa Fever
Context: One of the three persons diagnosed with Lassa fever in the UK has died. The cases have been linked to travel to west African countries. The Lassa virus is named after a town in Nigeria where the first cases were discovered. Relevance: GS II- Health Dimensions of the article: What is Lassa fever? How […]