A ‘One Health’ approach that targets people, animals
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The battle against COVID-19 should also be used as an opportunity to meet India’s ‘One Health’ targets
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The battle against COVID-19 should also be used as an opportunity to meet India’s ‘One Health’ targets
The father of modern pathology, Rudolf Virchow, emphasised in 1856 that there are essentially no dividing lines between animal and human medicine. This concept is ever more salient as the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic. Discussions that took place around World Veterinary Day, on April 24, 2021, focused on acknowledging the interconnectedness of animals, humans, and the environment, an approach referred to as “One Health”.
Ebola outbreak in DR Congo declared to be over
Six people have died of the Ebola virus in DR Congo s eastern province of North Kivu in recent months. UNICEF is cautiously optimistic that virus has been brought under control from a vaccine developed by Merck.
Merck s vaccine has been credited with ending the outbreak
The Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday declared the end of an Ebola outbreak that killed six people in the eastern province of North Kivu.
Twelve people in total were infected in the outbreak that was eventually contained using Merck s Ebola vaccine.
The vaccine was administered to more than 1,600 people who had been in contact with the patients, the humanitarian aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) reported.
650,000 African children given malaria jab - WHO
Wednesday April 21 2021
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Two years into a malaria vaccine pilot scheme, more than 650,000 children have been immunised across Kenya, Ghana and Malawi, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.
Global advisory bodies for immunisation and malaria are expected to convene in October to review data on the vaccine and consider whether to recommend using it more widely.
The RTS,S vaccine is the only existing jab shown to reduce malaria in children. It acts against plasmodium falciparum the most deadly malaria parasite globally and the most prevalent in Africa.
Progress against malaria has been stalling for a number of years.