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August 6, 2019Pneumococcal conjugate is probably one of the most cost-effective vaccines available: Ramanan Laxminarayan.
ETHealthworld.com– August 6, 2019. Shahid Akhter, editor, ETHealthworld spoke to Ramanan Laxminarayan, Senior research scholar at Princeton University to know more about challenges and the way forward in immunisation programme.
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July 23, 2019Health ministry has banned animal food industry from using antibiotic Colistin: What it means for you.
Times Now News– July 23, 2019. Earlier, a 2017 study published in Environmental Health Perspectives found high levels of antibiotic-resistant pathogens in chickens raised for both meat and eggs on farms in India, raising serious health concerns. The study led by researchers from the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP) suggested that the findings have […]
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July 23, 2019Health ministry bans use of antibiotic colistin for animal food industry.
The Logical Indian-July 23, 2019. “If you go to the average poultry farm in Punjab you see these are all lacking: the nutrition is not there, hygiene is awful. So they are using the antibiotics as a substitute of keeping the animals alive”, according to Professor Ramanan Laxminarayan, director of the Centre for Disease Dynamics, Economics and […]
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July 21, 2019Govt bans use of Colistin in animal feed and fishing.
Deccan Herald– July 21,2019. “Overuse of antibiotics in animal farms endangers us all as it multiplies drug resistance in the environment,” lead author of the study Ramanan Laxminarayan, who heads the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy in the Washington DC had stated, explaining the significance of the study.
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July 12, 2019Rising population can increase emergence of infectious diseases: study.
Down to Earth– July 12, 2019. A similar study in 2017 by non-profit Centre for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy had predicted that the use of antibiotics will increase by 82 percent in India by 2030. Antibiotic powders and tablets are fed to animals to increase livestock production and nutritional level.
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June 24, 2019Measles vaccine in early childhood associated with long term health and cognitive benefits.
MedicalResearch.com– June 24, 2019. Arindam Nandi, CDDEP: During a time where vaccine hesitancy and mistrust in vaccines are high, readers should be reminded that beyond saving lives, vaccines are also associated with improved cognitive ability, education and physical stature- benefits that extend beyond early childhood. It is important to counter misinformation regarding vaccines with scientifically backed […]
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June 20, 2019Measles vaccination linked with health, cognition, and schooling benefits among children in LMICs
Researchers at CDDEP, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the University of Pennsylvania, RTI International, and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health assessed the long-term associations of measles vaccination and child anthropometry, cognition, and schooling outcomes in Ethiopia, India, and Vietnam.
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June 13, 2019Hib vaccine is linked to better health in children in India: Study.
The Quint Fit– June 13, 2019. Co-author and CDDEP director, Ramanan Laxminarayan said, “Hib vaccination is a critical component of the pentavalent vaccine, which was introduced in 2011. Although we tend to focus on short term consequences of immunization, this study shows that the effect of Hib vaccination on schooling and cognitive development can be significant. Denying children vaccines […]
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June 12, 2019Hib vaccine linked with better health, cognition, and schooling outcomes in Indian children
Researchers at CDDEP, the University of California, Riverside and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health assessed the long-term associations of the Hib vaccine with anthropometric, cognitive, and schooling outcomes among Indian children.
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