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>
<br /><p>Mumbai Three years after stopping its use,the BMC has turned to malarial larvicidal oil again, one of many desperate attempts to arrest mosquito breeding. It will buy the oil at Rs 1.5 crore and use it in places where water collects and stagnates.</p>
<p>From bust to boom to bust again: artemisinin, the key ingredient of front-line antimalarial drugs, is entering the third chapter of its turbulent history. A decade ago, the compound available only from the sweet wormwood plant Artemisia annua
A research priority for <em>Plasmodium vivax</em> malaria is to improve our understanding of the spatial distribution of risk and its relationship with the burden of <em>P. vivax</em> disease in human populations. The aim of the research outlined in this article is to provide a contemporary evidence-based map of the global spatial extent of <em>P.
Developing Asia's rapidly expanding middle class is likely to assume the traditional role of the US and Europe as primary global consumers and help rebalance the global economy, says a report on Asia
Mumbai With malaria spreading in Mumbai, the state plans to request Central undertakings such as the railways, Employment State Insurance Scheme (ESIS) and the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) for outpatient services and additional beds in their hospitals.
Mumbai Alarmed by the increase in malaria cases, the state government has directed Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to issue notices to construction sites which are not undertaking measures to prevent larvae formation. The city has witnessed 33 deaths from malaria since January this year.
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), which is facing difficulties in procuring an adequate amount of biolarvicide to combat the threat of rising cases of dengue, got a breather from the Delhi High Court on Monday as it dismissed a petition against the civic body
MUMBAI: Mosquito bites aren't just sucking out blo-od
The mosquito Ae. albopictus is usually adapted to the peri-domestic environment and typically breeds outdoors. However, we observed its larvae in most containers within homes in northern peninsular Malaysia. To anticipate the epidemiological implications of this indoor-breeding, we assessed some fitness traits affecting vectorial capacity during colonization process.
Eradicating any organism would have serious consequences for ecosystems — wouldn't it? Not when it comes to mosquitoes, finds Janet Fang.