World malaria report 2023
<p>India topped countries in the South-East Asia region for the most number of malaria cases and deaths in 2022, according to this report published by the World Health Organization (WHO).</p>
<p>India topped countries in the South-East Asia region for the most number of malaria cases and deaths in 2022, according to this report published by the World Health Organization (WHO).</p>
<p>This global annual report covers 106 malaria-endemic countries and highlights continued progress made towards meeting the World Health Assembly (WHA) targets for malaria to be achieved by the end of 2010 and by 2015. Outlines evolving situation of financing for malaria control and how these growing resources have resulted in increased coverage of WHO-recommended malaria control interventions.</p>
<p>The National Drug Policy on Malaria was first formulated in 1982 and has subsequently been reviewed and revised periodically. The present National Drug Policy for Malaria (2010) has been drafted keeping in view the availability of more effective antimalarial drugs and drug resistance status in the country.</p>
The state government has asked the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to draft a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)which was followed by them to control malaria outbreak in the city.
Himalayan states like Jammu and Kashmir will for the first time come in the grip of malaria by 2030 while the disease will continue to linger in the Northeast as the country''s temperature is likely to rise between 1.7-2.2 degree Celsius due to climate change. Using the temperature and humidity criteria for determining the spread of the vector-borne disease, the report "Climate Change and India:
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NEW DELHI, Nov 16
About hundred students of a primary school at a village in Hungund taluk were taken ill today after they were given choloroquin, an anti-malarial drug.At least 30 of the affected students were taken to hospital, official sources said. District Health Official Dr Choudhary said the children, who consumed the drug in the morning, started vomitting and were immediately given medical aid. About
LUCKNOW: The tough stand taken by the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on prevention and treatment of dengue has exposed how successive governments in the state have neglected public health. A glaring example of government apathy is the malaria prevention division of the health department. The division's job is to check mosquito-borne diseases.
DIMAPUR, Oct 31
Traditionally, epidemiologists have considered electrification to be a positive factor. In fact, electrification and plumbing are typical initiatives that represent the integration of an isolated population into modern society, ensuring the control of pathogens and promoting public health.