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>
NALBARI: Keeping in view the malarial deaths that occur in large number during the rainy season, NRHM Nalbari has taken up several innovative measures to make the masses aware about malaria and other vector borne diseases. In order to spread awareness among the villagers, NRHM Nalbari has decided to hold meetings at different villages of the district clubbed with folk media performances, stated a release.
India on Wednesday launched its first indigenously manufactured anti-malaria new-age drug Synriam. The drug, produced by Ranbaxy Laboratories, was formally introduced for marketing here. The drug, launched by Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad in the presence of Science and Technology Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, has been developed by the company in collaboration with the Department of Science and Technology and supported by the Indian Council for Medical Research.
The UK’s University of Liverpool has tied up with the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to identify areas in India that are at higher risk of malaria outbreaks, following changes in
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Even a cure is not preventing deaths from malaria in Uganda. Poor education and limited access to healthcare are among the reasons why.
Five countries in southern Africa have joined forces to launch a research centre that will work on combating climate change in the region. South Africa, Angola, Botswana, Zambia and Namibia signed a declaration on Wednesday to base the initiative in the Namibian capital Windhoek. The Southern African Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management (Sasscal) is intended to support cross-border research and land management.
New Delhi: India is stepping up surveillance against importing drug-resistant malaria. The National Institute of Malaria Research (NIMR) has joined the global Tracking Resistance to Artemisinin (TRAC)
New Delhi: India has developed a powerful new malaria drug — an alternative to the global drug of choice Artemisinin — that promises to be a major boost to India’s pharmaceutical research. The new drug’s
In course of a decade, Nepal and four other countries in the South-East Asia Region, namely Bhutan, DPR Korea, Thailand and Sri Lanka have brought down the number of confirmed malaria cases by more than
After a number mosquito-breeding spots were found in upmarket localities, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning to spread malaria control awareness in residential localities this monsoon. The civic administration is preparing to put up posters carrying malaria prevention messages in over one lakh residential colonies and apartments. Manisha Mhaiskar, Additional Municipal Commissioner, said, “The popular perception is that mosquities breed only in slums or construction sites,