Author Archive for Reena Daruwalla
World Bank Grants Extension of Aid to India in view of Swine Flu Pandemic
The World Bank (WB) has granted an extension and grant-in-aid to India for implementation of the Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP) in some states, including Maharashtra due to the ongoing swine flu pandemic in the country according to this Times of India report. In 2004, the World Bank had approved $68 million for India to [...]
Cipla Swine Flu Drug Antiflu Prequalified by WHO
One of India’s leading pharma companies, Cipla has launched their version of Tamiflu, (the formulation Oseltamivir that is used to treat the H1N1 Swine flu virus) . Cipla’s anti swine flu drug is called Antiflu. According to company officials this is the only flu medicine from India that has been ‘prequalified’ by the WHO. “We [...]
Swine Flu Impacting Tourism in Country
There are a number of factors that impact tourism in India and the factors that impact it negatively are the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks of last year and the H1N1 Swine flu pandemic. This is the view of the Union Tourism Minister Kumari Shelja. “Owing to the terror attack on Mumbai, subsequent Swine flu scare [...]
India’s Swine Flu Death Toll Crosses 500 Mark
Yesterday, as many as 17 deaths were reported as having been caused by the H1N1 Swine flu virus, and 15 of those were reported from the North Western state of Rajasthan. So India’s swine flu death toll has now crossed 500, and stands at 502. 95 new cases of people testing positive for swine flu [...]
Zydus First in Swine Flu Clinical Trials in India
The first Indian company to file for clinical trial protocol for H1N1 Swine flu vaccine with the Drug Controller General is pharmaceutical company Zydus. This is not the only Ahmedabad company that is developing a Swine flu vaccine, another Gujarat company, Cadila is also developing a vaccine against the H1N1 Virus. In addition, there are [...]
Global Swine Flu Toll 6000, 199 Countries Affected
The World Health Organisation has said that the global death toll from the H1N1 Swine flu pandemic has crossed the 6000 mark and reached at least 6,071 as on November 1. Countries all over the world, 199 to be precise have come within the ambit of the Swine flu pandemic. Central America and Latin America [...]
Spicy Indian Curries keep Swine Flu at bay
According to Russian doctors eating hot and spicy Indian curries could help strengthen immunity and keep the H1N1 Swine flu virus at bay. Apparently this can prevent Swine flu as well as other common ailments such as cough and cold. “You can strengthen immunity by consuming spicy foods like curries, as spices like turmeric, ginger [...]
Woman Reinfected with Swine Flu
This Times of India article reports the incidence of a woman contracting the H1N1 Swine flu virus, then undergoing treatment for it and being cured and then once again testing positive for the infection. This is the case of a 35-year-old housewife from Nana Varacha, near Surat Gujarat who was admitted to hospital in the [...]
Now we are told Two Shots Required for Children and One for Pregnant Women
Whereas the WHO has opined that just one flu shot is enough for children, now federal officials in the United States have said that children, who are more vulnerable to the H1N1 Swine flu pandemic, will require two shots of the Swine flu vaccine, not just one, which may not offer sufficient immunity. On the [...]
Modi’s Russian Delegation being Administered Tamiflu, CM may have got virus in India
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who was diagnosed with Swine Flu last week, is now being kept in isolation for one week according to this Indian Express report. Modi has a team of doctors attending on him at his official residence and all his appointments have been cancelled. Reportedly an advisory has been issued to [...]