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Chickenpox is a disease most commonly associated with childhood and in the past there never used to be a vaccine for it. In the 1960s and 70s, parents would hold…

Japanese Encephalitis is a disease spread by mosquito bites and is characterised by some very unpleasant symptoms which can progress later into swelling around the brain followed by coma. 

Hepatitis is the name used to describe inflammation of the liver and can have several different causes and manifestations. Hepatitis is mostly caused by either a virus or as the…

The Chickenpox vaccine protects against the Varicella Zoster virus that causes the illness known as chickenpox. The Chickenpox Vaccine is not routinely offered as part of the standard childhood vaccination…

Yellow Fever is spread by biting mosquitoes and is a very unpleasant illness that is endemic in Central and South America, Trinidad in the Caribbean and parts of Africa.  The…

Meningitis is the one word which can strike fear into the heart of any parent- it is a very serious illness and can result in life-changing complications even with prompt…