As measles cases mount in the US, what's the situation worldwide? The US registered its first death from measles since 2015 this week, as a child who wasn’t vaccinated died in a measles outbreak in rural West Texas. Health 27 Feb, 2025
WHO calls on countries to accelerate measures to eliminate measles On the 12th anniversary of the last case of wild polio virus in the South- East Asia Region, the World Health Organisation today called on countries, including Nepal, to take urgent and accelerated measures against measles which is on the rise with nearly nine million children having missed vaccination against the killer disease in the past two years. Nepal 14 Jan, 2023
Madagascar measles epidemic kills more than 1,200 people AMBALAVAO: Babies wail as a nurse tries to reassure mothers who have come to vaccinate their children. They fear a measles epidemic that has killed more than 1,200 people in this island nation where many are desperately poor. As Madagascar faces... Women 14 Apr, 2019
Families of 'fallen' Doti children to receive compensation DHANGADHI: The Supreme Court has issued an order to provide compensation to the families of children who had lost their lives six years ago after receiving measles vaccination in Doti district. The SC, on Sunday, issued an order to this effect in... Travel 02 Jul, 2018
Govt told to distribute only tested vaccines, medicines Kathmandu, July 1 The Supreme Court today issued a directive order to the government telling it to administer and distribute only tested vaccines and medicines. A division bench of justices Bishwambhar Prasad Shrestha and Ananda Mohan Bhattarai... Horoscopes 02 Jul, 2018
15 children die in botched vaccine campaign: South Sudan NAIROBI: Fifteen young children have died in a botched measles vaccination campaign that saw people as young as 12 years old administering the vaccines, South Sudan's government announced Friday. The health ministry blamed the deaths on... Women 02 Jun, 2017
Despite progress, measles kills 400 children a day: WHO LONDON: The number of deaths from measles has fallen by 79 percent worldwide since 2000, thanks mainly to mass vaccination campaigns, but nearly 400 children still die from the disease every day, global health experts said on Thursday. In a report... Environment 11 Nov, 2016
TOPICS: Measles in Nepal Browsing the internet, I came across some figures for Nepal like that from 1994-2002 in Nepal, there were an estimated average of 90,000 cases of measles per year. If we take the population to be roughly 28 million in these years, 0.32 per cent of... 29 Jun, 2016
Number of children displaced by Boko Haram hits 1.4 million: UNICEF ABUJA: The number of children forced to flee Boko Haram's insurgency in Nigeria and neighbouring countries has reached 1.4 million, the UN children agency UNICEF said on Friday. Around 500,000 were displaced in the last five months after a sharp... Women 18 Sep, 2015
Count down to MDGs Correcting mistaken targets vital The count down for the Millennium Development Goals has begun. With only five years remaining, can Nepal achieve the health-related MDGs? That question is being asked both within Nepal and outside her borders. Nepal is closely observed by the... 14 Dec, 2009
WHO reports 78 per cent decline in measles deaths in decade KATHMANDU: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has stated that the global measles death dropped by 78 per cent within a decade. Despite the achievement, as many as 450 deaths are recorded daily globally. A press statement by WHO mentioned that... Horoscopes 08 Dec, 2009
Measles eradication campaign:Lalitpur gears up for the drive, which begins on December 6 Kathmandu, November 25:District Public Health Office (DPHO), Lalitpur, is all set to start measles vaccination programme on December 6, as a follow up of the national measles catch-up campaign.Aimed at covering some 38,431 children of the nine month to... Travel 26 Nov, 2008
