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>
n the past 150 years, roughly half of the countries in the world eliminated malaria. Nowadays, there are 99 endemic countries
Experience gained from the Global Malaria Eradication Program (1955
Present elimination strategies are based on recommendations derived during the Global Malaria Eradication Program of the 1960s.
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Government has sanctioned an additional Rs.35 crore to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi for intensifying anti-larval and anti-vector measures to effectively control diseases like dengue, chikungunya and malaria in the Capital. This was decided at a high-level meeting attended by Health Minister Prof. Kiran Walia and Finance Minister Dr. A.K. Walia.
The preventive and social medicine (PSM) department at Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Hospital (LTMH), in collaboration with the Centre for Study of Social Change (CSSC), has developed a model to control the spread of malaria.
Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) today launched six audio and video mobile vans to create awareness against dengue and malaria. Mayor, Mr Sovan Chatterjee said the civic authorities will allot special funds in next budget for to create health awareness. The vans will cover the 141 wards of the KMC area in the next two months and CDs will be played to inform people about the dos and don
Although the spread of drug resistance and the influence of climate change on malaria are most often considered separately, these factors have the potential to interact through altered levels of transmission intensity.
An 11 year old Class V student of Catholic School, Canchipur, Baby Lalrilu was sick and hospitalised at the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) Hospital here on June 27 following a complaint of high fever and unconsciousness. But unfortunately Baby Lalrilu, the only daughter of a young Rongmei widow Luma, 39, a resident of Langthabal Chingkhong village in Imphal West district, passed
2 African Strains Found To Have Mutated Into Genetically Distinct Species London: In a startling discovery that has implications for combating malaria, scientists have found that two strains of Africa
The reputed medical journal, The Lancet, recently published an article on malaria-related deaths in India, which were estimated to be two lakh per year, and 13 times higher than the estimate of the World Health Organisation. WHO representatives contested these numbers and the methodology behind them, but conceded that their own numbers were too low.