{"id":22310,"date":"2019-12-09T17:30:37","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T12:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gomedii.com\/blogs\/english\/?p=22310"},"modified":"2019-12-09T17:19:43","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T11:49:43","slug":"india-is-in-an-advanced-stage-of-developing-a-vaccine-for-dengue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gomedii.com\/blogs\/english\/international-health-news\/india-is-in-an-advanced-stage-of-developing-a-vaccine-for-dengue\/","title":{"rendered":"India is in an Advanced Stage of Developing a Vaccine for Dengue: Health Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dengue is caused by the bite of Aedes mosquito, the condition is very typical as well as fatal. The control of dengue requires a lot of public awareness told the Health Minister to <a href=\"https:\/\/loksabha.nic.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lok Sabha<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>(People Also Like To Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gomedii.com\/blogs\/english\/diseases-prevention\/tonsillitis-and-adenoiditis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Tonsillitis and Adenoiditis: Take Good Care This Winter!<\/a><strong>)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Friday, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said India is in the advanced stage of developing a vaccine for dengue. Once it is developed the incidence of people getting affected by it will come down.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The minister said, &#8220;This Aedes mosquito breeds in clean water. It is unlike other mosquitoes that breed in poor sanitary conditions. As far as the treatment for dengue is concerned, Health is a state subject and all the state governments have to make arrangements for the treatment of not only dengue but all the diseases.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also informed that states are assisted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/nhm.gov.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Health Mission<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He added, &#8220;In India, we are at an advanced stage of development of a vaccine for dengue. In the coming years when we have a dengue vaccine, the incidence of dengue or those who get affected by dengue will get lowered.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In response to the query, the minister said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpcb.nic.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Central Pollution Control Board<\/a> (CPCB) tests water quality at 4000 places in the country and tests the concentration of heavy metals and pesticides among other things.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Additionally, Vardhan said genetics and <a href=\"https:\/\/gomedii.com\/blogs\/english\/diseases-prevention\/cure-for-cancer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">environmental exposure is the cause of cancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is a need for awareness and collaboration between departments dealing with health, science, and the environment. As the toxic substances, irrespective of their origin were harmful to the body said the minister.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>(You Might Also Like To Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gomedii.com\/blogs\/english\/pharmacy\/important-safety-tips-for-using-otc-medicines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">9 Most Important Safety Tips For Using OTC Medicines<\/a><strong>)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dengue is caused by the bite of Aedes mosquito, the condition is very typical as well as fatal. The control of dengue requires a lot of public awareness told the Health Minister to Lok Sabha. &nbsp; (People Also Like To Read: Tonsillitis and Adenoiditis: Take Good Care This Winter!) &nbsp; On Friday, Health Minister Harsh&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-style\" href=\"https:\/\/gomedii.com\/blogs\/english\/international-health-news\/india-is-in-an-advanced-stage-of-developing-a-vaccine-for-dengue\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":18440,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[542],"tags":[28420,34,28419,28421,28418],"yst_prominent_words":[3900,28416,3961,28415,6215,1319,2878,658,18076,28417,1045,1052,3982,624,936,3104,2489,28414,21432,1361],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gomedii.com\/blogs\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22310"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gomedii.com\/blogs\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gomedii.com\/blogs\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gomedii.com\/blogs\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gomedii.com\/blogs\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22310"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/gomedii.com\/blogs\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22322,"href":"https:\/\/gomedii.com\/blogs\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22310\/revisions\/22322"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gomedii.com\/blogs\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gomedii.com\/blogs\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gomedii.com\/blogs\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gomedii.com\/blogs\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22310"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gomedii.com\/blogs\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=22310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}