Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda launched India’s first indigenous rotavirus vaccine named Rotavac to combat infant mortality due to diarrhoea. Initially the vaccine is being launched in Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh (first to launch it) and Odisha.The Rotavirus is a genus of double-stranded RNA virus in the family Reoviridae.
The Rotavirus vaccine has been developed indigenously under a public-private partnership between the Union Ministry of Science Technology, Union Health Ministry, institutions of the US Government and NGOs in India supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
It most common causative agent of moderate-to-severe diarrhoea (MSD) among infants below 11 months age group and death among children less than five years of age.
Transmission: The virus spreads from person to person due to bacterial and parasiting agents that are primarily transmitted through contaminated food or water.
Impact on Health: It causes gastroenteritis after it damages the cells that line the small intestine and causes gastroenteritis. In some cases in causes malnutrition, delayed physical and mental development among children
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