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>
Despite Health Minister PK Sreemathi
More than 70 students of Higher Primary School in Kammasandra took ill after they swallowed anti-malaria tablets on Tuesday. The Health Department staff had been distributing anti-malaria tablets in the village as the disease surfaced in the area recently. The tablets were distributed to students of fifth standard to seventh standard on Monday.
Mumbai: Stung by the fact that 60% of malarial deaths in the city last year were due to late diagnosis, as patients medicated themselves for fever instead of visiting a doctor, the civic body is taking no chances this time. And who better to rope in to ensure victims reach hospitals in time than the chemists.
Although Anopheles funestus is difficult to rear, it is crucial to analyse field populations of this malaria vector in order to successfully characterise mechanisms of insecticide resistance observed in this species in Africa. In this study we carried out a large-scale field collection and rearing of An.
CUTTACK: Mosquito menace in the millennium city refuses to go, the harsh summer this year notwithstanding. The density of mosquitoes has been unusually high across the city despite the fact that the hot and dry conditions cause a substantial depletion in their population.
Pune With the city having buckled under a volley of diseases during the last monsoon, particularly swine flu, the civic authorities are keeping their fingers crossed.
The Health Ministry has pledged to eradicate Malaria completely by 2014. Last year there had been five hundred cases. The spokesman for the Ministry said yesterday that from the beginning of January to date, there had been only fifty patients diagnosed with malaria.
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Dar es Salaam has an extensive drain network, mostly with inadequate water flow, blocked by waste, causing flooding after rainfall. The presence of Anopheles and Culex larvae is common, which is likely to impact the transmission of lymphatic filariasis and malaria by the resulting adult mosquito populations. However, the importance of drains as larval habitats remains unknown.
Malaria killed at least 167 people and attacked 55984 in eight upazilas of Khagrachhari hill district in the last four years. It was revealed at a roundtable discussion jointly organised by civil surgeon's office, Khagrachhari press club and non-government organisation Brac.