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The World Malaria Report 2021 of the World Health Organization (WHO) sees India as the only high burden country to have been able to sustain a reduction in the malaria disease burden. Yet, it also notes that India accounted for about 82 per…

Speaking in a panel discussion as part of BioAsia 2022, she said though several high-end countries have completed vaccination to the extent of 90 per cent some of the nations in Africa have completed only 10 per cent inoculation even as…

Swaminathan’s concerns come amidst the worrying possibility of COVID's third wave in India (Photo: Reuters)World Health Organisation Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan on Wednesday said the world needs to step up its vaccination drive and…

A disease reaches an endemic stage when a population learns to live with its conditionsCovid-19 Pandemic Endemicity Phase: As the healthcare authorities ready hospitals for an impending Covid-19 third wave, Chief Scientist of the World…

The target at present is to vaccinate at least 10% of the vulnerable in every country by September.Soumya Swaminathan, a scientist at the World Health Organisation (WHO), has urged countries to explore options for increasing vaccine…