Measles deaths fall by 60 percent worldwide

New formula for Calculation of Cobalt-60 Percent Depth Dose

Introduction:  On  the  basis  of  percent  depth  dose  (PDD)  calculation,  the  application  of  dosimetry  in  radiotherapy  has  an  important  role  to  play  in  reducing  the  chance  of  tumor  recurrence. The aim of this study is to introduce a new formula for calculating the centeral axis  percent depth doses of Cobalt-60 beam.   Materials and Methods: In the present study, based on ...

Measles vaccine deaths: the IAP-COI stand.

Progress Toward Regional Measles Elimination — Worldwide, 2000–2013

In 2012, the World Health Assembly endorsed the Global Vaccine Action Plan with the objective to eliminate measles in four World Health Organization (WHO) regions by 2015. Member states of all six WHO regions have adopted measles elimination goals. In 2010, the World Health Assembly established three milestones for 2015: 1) increase routine coverage with the first dose of measles-containing vac...

Measles deaths in Nepal: estimating the national case-fatality ratio.

OBJECTIVE To estimate the case-fatality ratio (CFR) for measles in Nepal, determine the role of risk factors, such as political instability, for measles mortality, and compare the use of a nationally representative sample of outbreaks versus routine surveillance or a localized study to establish the national CFR (nCFR). METHODS This was a retrospective study of measles cases and deaths in Nep...

Deaths from measles in England and Wales, 1970-83.