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>
Vector Control
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Cleanliness campaign
Guntur, July 14: The Guntur Municipal Corporation (GMC) will conduct a speical drive from July 15 to 31 to keep the city clean and also to educate people on the importance of eradication of mosquito menace. The GMC will get drains, vacant land, culverts and pipeline screenings cleaned. The district collector, Mr M.B. Venaktesam, on Monday released posters on the eradication of mosquito menace at a programme organised at Gymkhana auditorium.
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No to DDT spray
<font class="UCASE"><b>No to DDT spray:</b></font> A Ugandan high court has asked the health ministry to suspend the spraying of <font class="UCASE">ddt</font> in northern part of the country following a petition by nine groups of farmers, traders and conservationists.
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Effect of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria on health and education in schoolchildren
Malaria is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in early childhood, yet its consequences for health and education during the school-age years remain poorly understood. The researchers examined the effect of intermittent preventive treatment (IPT) in reducing anaemia and improving classroom attention and educational achievement in semi-immune schoolchildren in an area of high perennial transmission.
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International law should govern release of GM mosquitoes
Your News story 'Sterile mosquitoes near take-off' (Nature 453, 435; 2008) discusses the likely release of genetically engineered mosquitoes to help contain dengue fever. It demonstrates just how close we are to a radically new set of strategies for managing a whole range of diseases and wildlife using genetically modified organisms (GMOs). But after assessing the risks and benefits, nations may reach different conclusions about their use. And that's quite a problem, considering that genetically modified bugs won't recognize national borders. (Correspondence)
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Drive against malaria to be intensified
NEW DELHI: Health Minister Yoganand Shastri on Tuesday announced that Asha health workers would be roped in to help in the Delhi Government's drive against malaria and dengue. Reviewing the vector-borne diseases situation with senior officials, he underlined the need to make people aware of the dangers of mosquito breeding in houses. This week one case of malaria and 34 cases of cholera have been reported.
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Non-chemical use to contain kala-azar vector
policymakers in India swear by the insecticide ddt to contain sand fly, the kala-azar vector. There are alternatives to using chemicals, a group of researchers has found by studying 50 villages in five kala-azar endemic districts in Bihar. The disease is most prevalent in the state. Critics say the study is not foolproof. Various theories exist on sand fly
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MCD gears up to fight dengue
By HIMANI CHANDEL The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is facing tough time with the arrival of early arrival of monsoon this year as the weather has become conducive for mosquito breeding. According to health officials of the civic body, the rains have cooled off the summer heat but are also serving as a catalyst for mosquito breeding. "This year, we did not experience much heat in the summer which has disturbed the ecological balance and the natural eradication of mosquitoes," municipal health officer (MHO) N.K. Yadav said.
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"Anti-malaria and dengue programme'
NEW DELHI: Delhi's Deputy Mayor Divya Jaiswal inaugurated an "Anti-malaria and dengue programme' at Rohtash Nagar here on Tuesday. "The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has formulated an action plan for prevention of dengue which is being implemented on a war footing now,' he said.
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Sting operation on Malaria Circular Road on the spot - Ballygunge circular road
Ballygunge Circular Road. Pictures by Sanjoy Chattopadhyaya and Talat Salahuddin Ballygunge Circular Road, that winds its way from Ballygunge Phari in the south and meets Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road in the north, is a tree-lined avenue with a lot of surrounding greenery. The sprawling Ballygunge Maidan Camp and the Ballygunge Science College campus are the dominant green zones here. A part of the Calcutta Municipal Corporation's (CMC) ward No. 69, this is primarily a residential area populated by a cosmopolitan crowd and of course the most elusive Calcuttan