PASIGHAT: The Pasighat district health department is going all out to control mosquito-transmitted diseases like malaria, dengue and recently detected Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in the district. Headed by the DMO Dr Kaling Dai, a team of doctors and officials in carrying outsource reduction activities followed by awareness programme, fogging and …
Ahmedabad: The Aedes aegypti mosquito amid us is the sole propagator of the feared Zika virus. In all of 2016, this mosquito species had health officials in Ahmedabad on the edge, as it caused a sudden spike in the number of dengue and chikungunya cases. In 2016, Ahmedabad registered 2,852 …
Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain on Tuesday asserted that the Delhi Government is all set to deal with vector-borne disease Dengue this year and none of the patients would have to deal with the issues related to its treatment and cure. Jain told ANI, ?Patients do not have to worry …
The government needs to extend it to Institute of Preventive Health stated sources in health department. Hyderabad: This monsoon, doctors say that they will not only have to test the patient for dengue, chikungunya but also Zika as the three cases in Gujarat confirm that the virus is circulating in …
CHANDIGARH: The UT health department is on high alert following Zika virus striking three people in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, screening all hotels and hospitals for such cases. The risk is more as the virus is caused by the same vector that causes chikungunya and dengue and already the city has seen …
Ahmedabad: Zika virus (ZiV) has already hitched a ride on Ahmedabad's local pest population, and its rate of transmission among the female Aedes Aegypti mosquito will decide its future spread. Two cases in Bapunagar and one in Gopalnagar in the SP Stadium area, 11.7km away, is enough to indicate the …
Thousands of survivors of devastating floods and landslides in Sri Lanka are at risk of potentially fatal diseases such as dengue fever, charities warned on Monday as the death toll from the disaster continued to rise. Torrential rains over the last four days have sparked widespread flooding and triggered landslides …
Aims to accelerate early leads through product-development pipeline Developing home-grown vaccines to prevent dengue, human papillomavirus and pneumococcal infection, and biologics for diseases such as cancers and rheumatoid arthritis, are among the identified focus areas for the recently launched ₹1,500-crore National Biopharma Mission. The final decision on national identified priority …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The city corporation will hold a special council on Monday following a demand raised by BJP in the wake of ruling council's failure in preventing dengue outbreak in the city. The LDF led council, which will be searching for answers for various lapses of health committee, has played it …
Dissatisfied over steps taken by the agencies and the Delhi government, a bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar said, "Dr P K Sen, who is the Director of the programme, to place a comprehensive action plan from all angles, so that vector-borne diseases like …
Continuing their drive against vector-borne diseases like dengue, malaria and chikangunya, officials of the Health Department today carried out raids in several areas in the city to destroy mosquito larvae. Officials of the department today examined the Shaheed Babu Labh Singh Nagar, where they checked the air coolers in several …
NEW DELHI: The high court on Thursday roped in National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) to combat the dengue and chikungunya menace. It said these diseases should be tackled on a "war-footing" and asked the director of the programme to provide an action plan. Expressing its unhappiness with steps …
AHMEDABAD: Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) on Wednesday launched its drive under the state government's campaign to make Gujarat malaria-free by 2022. At the launch ceremony of the campaign, state health minister, Shankar Chaudhary, recommended that AMC should deploy drones to check for mosquito breeding sites in backyards and terraces of …
Well-publicised campaigns including street plays should be organised to spread awareness on vector borne diseases dengue and chikungunya, the Delhi high court said on Monday. Faulting the Centre and the three municipal corporations, the bench said they should wake up to the menace posed by the diseases. A bench of …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The health department is pulling out all stops to eradicate dengue from the capital district. As on Sunday, when the officials completed door-to-door visit to 200 houses at Thirumala, the place from where the highest number of dengue cases were reported, it was found that around 20% of the …
Awareness spread to check mosquito breeding at source Thirty-one cases of dengue and five cases of chikungunya have been reported from Mysuru district in the year 2017. The authorities of the Health and Family Welfare department have been taking steps to spread awareness about maintaining cleanliness and hygiene across the …
Thiruvananthapuram: If you thought you are safe indoors, here comes the shocker. According to health officials, the urban culture and changing lifestyles have brought in a major change to the breeding spots of mosquitoes, which have now migrated from backyards to indoors. As many as 50 houses were visited by …
Kisumu County has reported its first locally-acquired dengue fever; weeks after some 153 related cases were confirmed in Mombasa. Chief Executive Officer of Health Dr Ojwang Lusi said a 16-year-old Chavakali High School student tested positive for the disease. The student was diagnosed at Aga Khan Hospital in Kisumu on …
The district Health Department is all set to take the help of gambusia fish to check dengue and malaria by introducing the same in ponds in rural areas. A record number of over 1,500 dengue patients were reported in te district in the previous year. The disease had caused at …
Dengue is the most important arthropod-borne viral infection of humans, it is established in the tropics worldwide, and its geographical expansion is expected to increase due to factors such as modern dynamics of climate change, globalization, travel, trade, poverty, unplanned urbanization, and viral evolution. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates …
Thiruvananthapuram: With the number of dengue cases rising in the city, the corporation has come under fire for failing to initiate activities to check the spread of the epidemic. Health secretary Rajeev Sadanandan who made a surprise visit to the general hospital on Wednesday came down heavily on the civic …
