World malaria report 2022
Each year, WHO’s World malaria report offers in-depth information on the latest trends in malaria control and elimination at global, regional and country levels. The report highlights progress towards
Vector Borne Diseases
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Hardwar: Not without help
The malaria control operations have been successful only because of help from a large public sector corporation
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Kheda: Forgotten glory
This is where it all started. And now, there is no sign of past successes
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Kolar: The dilemma continues
Although the MRC s work is still going on, the community remains has not been educated to continue with it
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Hassan: Holding on
MRC s operations are still going on in this Karnataka district, but their fate is uncertain
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Needed: People s participation
Communities and state governments have to play a more important role
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A close hard look
Malaria <i>is</i> easy to check. Just do not let mosquitoes breed. This is the essence of the bioenvironmental way to control such tiny big disease carriers. But the administration never took this strategy up seriously. Fifteen years of bureaucrat
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TINY ENEMIES
The outbreak of a deadly disease is a cause for concern for people in Nepal. Encephalitis or inflammation of the brain has claimed about 300 lives in Nepal. The disease is caused by
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Die hard
Identified a century ago and viciously attacked by pesticides and drugs, the Anopheles mosquito and the malarial parasite still survive to prey on humanity
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Genetic thieves
David Roos and his colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania in the US, present evidence that parasites responsible for some of the world's most serious diseases, including malaria, stole
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On the comeback trail
The scientific community is trying hard to combat communicable diseases which have made a comeback