Author Archives: Munish Raizada

About Munish Raizada

I am a Neonatologist by profession with a keen interest in rural health-care. I live in Illinois.

MIF is now Mother & Infant Foundation

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Munish Raizada

As of February 9, 2012, we have a new name: Mother & Infant Foundation. The change of name was in pipeline since several months and we are happy to note that it finally happened. While the original name Mission India … Continue reading →

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Vaccines Save Lives, No doubt!

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Munish Raizada

As a Pediatrician working in USA, but having seen both worlds (India and USA), I am convinced that vaccines save lives and are abundantly useful in preventing diseases. Kids in developing world continue to be easy victims of diseases which … Continue reading →

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Vaccines: Oh, Get me One!

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Munish Raizada

India -like other low-middle income countries- has a huge deficit in immunizations. On a national level, vaccination rates for kids in age 12-23 months are 61 %. According to NHFS III (2007) less than 44 % of kids actually get … Continue reading →

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India stands lower than Pakistan in Vaccination Rates

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Munish Raizada

It came to me as a shock while reading an essay by Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen which mentioned that India stands lower than its neighbors as far as Immunization rates are concerned. For example, DPT coverage in India in 2008 … Continue reading →

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Rubella Vaccine: why lag behind!

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Munish Raizada

The W.H.O. position paper on Rubella vaccines released in July, 2011 makes an interesting reading. Whereas the regions of Americas and Europe have taken upon them to eliminate Rubella and Congenital Rubella Syndrome by 2010 and 2015 respectively. Countries like … Continue reading →

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Philanthroper hosts Mission India Foundation

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Munish Raizada

April 18,2011: Philanthroper dot com has selected Mission India Foundation for hosting an online fund raiser for a day. That is today, April 18, 2011. https://philanthroper.com/deals/mission-india-foundation It is a beautiful concept: just asking for a $ 1 donation for a … Continue reading →

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MIF completes 1 year of field work in India

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Munish Raizada

April 7, 2011: Today is World Health Day. Exactly one year ago- on April 7, 2010- Mission India Foundation launched its Immunization activities in India. In the one year so far, we have successfully reached thousands of kids in India … Continue reading →

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EPICS donates 500 vaccines to MIF

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Munish Raizada

Singapore-based EPICS ( http://www.theepicsociety.org/index.html ) has donated 27,500 Rupees to Mission India Foundation to suport atleast 500 vaccines for the kids in rural areas of India. We at Mission India Foundation sincerely thank the genrosity and the patronage of EPICS. EPICS … Continue reading →

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Dr. Garver joins as Advisor to MIF

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Munish Raizada

Montana-based Dr. Michael Garver has joined Mission India Foundation as a honorary Special Advisor- Immunization Strategy. Michael is a Board certified Pediatrician and has a special interest in developing technologies relevant to vaccinations. In his own words: ” I can say without a … Continue reading →

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Fund raiser on occasion of Holi

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Munish Raizada

March 26: Mission India Foundation held a fund raiser in Westmont- a suburb of Chicago on the occasion of Holi. For details, please see the news coverage in NewsGram.