Jun 27, 2013

COMISIÓN EUROPEA - INFORME DE LA COMISIÓN AL PARLAMENTO EUROPEO Y AL CONSEJO. Mejores medicamentos pediátricos — Del concepto a la realidad.

Los estudios realizados antes de que se adoptara el Reglamento pediátrico han puesto de manifiesto que más del 50 % de los medicamentos utilizados en niños no habían sido objeto de ningún estudio de los posibles efectos de su administración a este grupo de edad concreto.

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COMMISSION EUROPÉENNE - RAPPORT DE LA COMMISSION AU PARLEMENT EUROPÉEN ET AU CONSEIL. De meilleurs médicaments pour les enfants – Du concept à la réalité.

Les études réalisées avant l’adoption du règlement avaient révélé que plus de 50 % des médicaments administrés aux enfants n’avaient pas été testés sur cette tranche d’âge spécifique.

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION - REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL. Better Medicines for Children — From Concept to Reality.

Studies carried out before the Regulation was adopted showed that over 50 % of the medicines used for children had not been tested for use in this specific age group.

COMMISSIONE EUROPEA - RELAZIONE DELLA COMMISSIONE AL PARLAMENTO EUROPEO E AL CONSIGLIO. Medicinali migliori per i bambini: dall'ideazione alla realtà.

Da ricerche svolte prima dell'adozione del regolamento si evince che oltre il 50 % dei medicinali impiegati nei bambini non erano stati testati per l'uso in questa specifica fascia di età.

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EUROPÄISCHE KOMMISSION - BERICHT DER KOMMISSION AN DAS EUROPÄISCHE PARLAMENT UND DEN RAT. Bessere Arzneimittel für Kinder – Vom Konzept zur Wirklichkeit.

Vor der Annahme der Verordnung durchgeführte Studien zeigten, dass mehr als 50 % der Kindern verabreichten Arzneimittel nicht für die Verwendung bei dieser spezifischen Altersgruppe geprüft worden waren.

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KOMISJA EUROPEJSKA - SPRAWOZDANIE KOMISJI DLA PARLAMENTU EUROPEJSKIEGO I RADY. Lepsze leki dla dzieci – od koncepcji do realizacji.

Badania przeprowadzone przed przyjęciem rozporządzenia pokazały, że ponad 50 % leków stosowanych u dzieci nie zostało zbadanych pod kątem stosowania w tej szczególnej grupie wiekowej.

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Jun 23, 2013

BEED (Maharashtra), 23 JUNE: A 10-month-old boy, found infected with the vaccine derived polio virus (VDPV), died in Latur district civil hospital due to brain damage, doctor said.

Rohit Rajabhu Shelke was found to be infected with VDPV type 2. The child was diagnosed with fever on 27 April 2013, and suffered paralysis of left limbs on 4 May, followed by convulsions. The other limbs were eventually paralysed, after which he was admitted to a private hospital in Ambejogai.

Jun 21, 2013

A number of new polio cases have been reported in Mogadishu in the past week, sparking concerns that the outbreak of the disease may be spreading.

Somalia: Polio Virus Spreading in Mogadishu.

A number of new polio cases have been reported in Mogadishu in the past week, sparking concerns that the outbreak of the disease may be spreading, Radio Ergo reported Wednesday (June 19th).

More than 20 children infected with the virus were admitted to the hospital in the past week, according to Doctor Lul Mahmud Mohamed, head of Mogadishu's Banadir Hospital.

"The hospital has been admitting on average two children every day affected by polio virus. Some of them have not been vaccinated and some were vaccinated but not in the proper way," Mohamed said.

A case involving a 20-year-old man has also been reported, indicating that adults are also at risk of infection.

Jun 20, 2013

A resident of the southern Bedouin village of Rahat receives a polio immunization on June 4, 2013.

Polio scare gets parents rushing to immunize their kids.

Health Ministry officials begin making calls and visiting homes to ensure all children under the age of six get inoculated.

A resident of the southern Bedouin village of Rahat receives a polio immunization on June 4, 2013. (photo credit: Flash90)

(photo credit: Flash90)

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Jun 18, 2013

Ukraine is at risk of a polio outbreak, according to the World Health Organization.

Only about one-half of Ukraine’s children are fully immunized against vaccine-preventable communicable diseases in line with local health regulations, compared to over 90 percent in Western Europe, according to UNICEF, the United Nations children’s agency.

Such a low immunization rate has already led to a major outbreak of measles and a risk of an outbreak of polio, a highly dangerous disease which may cause paralysis and which has been unseen in Ukraine for more than a decade, UNICEF and the World Health Organization said ahead of the current World Immunization week.

Jun 17, 2013

Happy 100th for inspirational polio sufferer from Hampton.

A long term polio sufferer from Hampton was visited by the mayor of Richmond last month, when she celebrated her 100th birthday.

Dori Pomroy, who has suffered from polio since the age of two, opened her traditional card from the Queen with new mayor Councillor Meena Bond at her birthday bash on May 30.

www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk

NIGERIA - The total number of WPV cases for 2013 to 25. It is the most recent WPV case in the country and had onset of paralysis on 4 May.

Nigeria: 25 Fresh Wild Polio Cases Discovered in Northern States.

Minna — Statistics indicated last Wednesday that there were 25 fresh cases of wild polio virus discovered in the country, the World Health Organization (WHO) Consultant on Vaccine, Security and Logistics, Bolagi Buari has announced.

The consultant made the disclosure yesterday while delivering his address during the flag off of the fifth round of Immunization Plus Days (IPDs) in Tagena, Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, saying polio virus fresh cases were found in nine northern states of the country.

Polio volunteers shot dead in Swabi.

SWABI: The anti-polio campaign in the country received another blow when two volunteers were killed in Topi, Swabi during an attack on a polio team, Express News reported on Sunday.

“Gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead two health workers who were administering anti-polio drops to children in the area,” district police chief Mian Saeed told AFP.

The victims, both male, had refused to take security personnel along, he added.

http://tribune.com.pk

Jun 14, 2013

Instead of shielding children from polio, oral polio vaccine causes disease.

A 10-month-old baby in Beed district, Maharashtra who recently got infected by a vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV) type 2 is yet another reminder that despite India being declared polio free more than two years ago, children are getting infected with the polio virus. The only difference is that the virus in question is not the wild type but a vaccine-derived one.

Viruses in OPV can become neuro-virulent and spread, causing polio in under-immunised, susceptible children. Photo: S.James

Jun 13, 2013

Traces of polio virus found in sewers in Ashdod and other locales in southern Israel.

Findings come after last week's discovery of polio virus in the Be'er Sheva sewage system; strain similar to one recently found in Egypt.

Traces of the polio virus have been detected in the sewage systems of a number of locations in the south, including Kiryat Gat and Ashdod. This follows the discovery last week of the polio virus in the Be’er Sheva sewage system.

www.haaretz.com

Austerity cuts to Spanish healthcare system may 'put lives at risk'.

A series of austerity reforms made by the Spanish government could lead to the effective dismantling of large parts of the country’s healthcare system, with potentially detrimental effects on the health of the Spanish people, according to new research published in BMJ.

Jun 12, 2013

European Polio Conference 2014.

The 2^nd European Polio Conference will be held in Amsterdam from 25-27 June 2014.

Post-Polio Syndrome: A Condition Without Boundaries.

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Jun 10, 2013

150.000 niños se quedan sin la vacuna contra la poliomielitis a causa de la guerra en el sur de Sudán.

Alrededor de 150.000 niños menores de cinco años se han visto privados de la vacuna contra la poliomielitis en los Montes Nuba y en el estado de Nilo Azul a causa del conflicto armado entre el Ejército de Sudán y el grupo rebelde Ejército de Liberación Popular de Sudán-Norte, que opera en estas regiones del sur de Sudán.

SPLM-N demands discussions on how to conduct vaccination campaign for children.

June 6, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement –North (SPLM-N) said ready for a polio vaccination and vitamin A distribution campaign that two UN agencies intend to carry out in its controlled areas, and demanded to negotiate how to carry out this operation and provided to exclude Sudanese from this operation.

Jun 5, 2013

Australia - The NDIS will provide support and services for hundreds of thousands of Australians who need help, but many polio survivors will likely be left out.

Polio survivors 'may be left out' of NDIS.

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Perú - Un bebé adquirió poliomielitis luego de ser vacunado en un hospital del Ministerio de Salud en Barranca. Es la séptima vez que ocurre en el país.

Ministerio de Salud habría provocado nuevo caso de poliomielitis en recién nacido.

A 45-day-baby died allegedly after she was administered polio drops on Saturday.

Ulhasnagar infant starts vomiting after polio dose, dies.

Crippling disease: Another child from Bara contracts polio virus.