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 …
Pacific nations face the triple burden of communicable diseases, non-communicable diseases and associated wider health impacts as climate change proves to be the most significant health threat of the 21st century, the World Health Organisation warns. The pacific island nations are the most vulnerable to human-induced climate change with tangible …
Jaipur: Health department has geared up to prevent the spread of vector-borne diseases. The department has directed its entomologists to complete the survey of the state to find out the species of mosquitoes breeding in the state. Although, the health department officials said, the density of mosquitoes is not much, …
Pune: Water scarcity forces people to store water, which in turn, creates favourable conditions for the dengue mosquito to thrive. No wonder, dengue and chikungunya (also caused by mosquito bite) cases have shown a marked increase in Pune in the last few days. The municipal administration has recorded 117 cases …
Nagpur: India loses a big number of children to severe diseases every year. Many of them can be saved if there are trained doctors to work in paediatric intensive care. Currently, there are less than 100 such specialists across the country. This issue was brought forth during the installation of …
A case of dengue has been reported from Okhla area of the national capital, an official said today. "A child aged between 5-6 years from Ekhan locality of Okhla was diagnosed with dengue and is being treated at AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences)," South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) …
Bhopal: Health department declared a dengue alert in Bhopal district on Thursday. The alert comes close on the heels of 23 dengue positive cases were reported from neighbouring Sehore district. Last year, 300 people in Bhopal were afflicted with the contagion. According to health department officials, an outbreak has been …
NAVI MUMBAI: In a bid to prevent outbreak of malaria, dengue or other diseases caused by mosquitoes, the civic health department has ordered the commencement of indoor breeding check programme from April 1 onwards. It has been made mandatory for medical officers to make random visits to 10% of the …
Dengue cases being reported in the city notwithstanding, the health and sanitation wing of the Municipal Corporation is yet to start a fogging drive. The Health Officer of the MC says they will start a fogging drive on June 1 after getting instructions from the Civil Surgeon office. Stagnant water …
The Health Department is all set to galvanise its machinery to counter the vector-borne diseases. It will observe every Friday as Health Dry Day during which the public will be sensitised to cleaning their water storage tanks, coolers and others things. Interestingly, officials of the Health Department will also clean …
Malaysia's eastern Sabah state has recorded 913 cases of dengue fever between January and March 10, marking an increase of 70 cases compared to the same period last year, the media reported on Sunday. The state's Health Department Director Christina Rundi said the coastal Sandakan district reported the highest number …
Swine flu has yet not subsided and now dengue has started showing its ugly face. A local resident has tested positive for dengue while a woman died of swine flu last night. The deceased was a 63-year-old resident of Nawanshahr. With her death, the swine flu toll has reached 26 …
A medicine has been launched for the treatment of dengue patients with low platelet counts by the Karnataka Antibiotics and Pharmaceuticals Limited (KAPL), a government enterprise. The drug, POP-e, contains papaya leaf extracts (carica papaya leaf extract) in the form of a tablet and is available at a strength of …
Chikungunya and dengue infections are spatio-temporally related. The current review aims to determine the geographic limits of chikungunya, dengue and the principal mosquito vectors for both viruses and to synthesise current epidemiological understanding of their co-distribution. Three biomedical databases (PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science) were searched from their inception …
Rapid diagnostic test (RDT) kits are widely used in India for the diagnosis of dengue infection. It is important to evaluate the validity and reliability of these RDTs. The study was aimed to determine the sensitivity, specificity and predictive value of four commercially available RDTs [Panbio Dengue Duo cassette, Standard …
Dengue is one of the most devastating mosquito borne diseases in the world. Plaguing mostly the developing countries, Dengue is a health hazard that takes scores of lives every year. Asian countries spend an estimated 6.5 billion USD annually in both direct and indirect medical costs due to Dengue. The …
450 and out of this 250 have been suffering from the fever. Guntur: Around half of the villagers of Ramachandrapuram in Chilakaluripet mandal in Guntur district have been suffering from dengue since the last couple of months. The population of the small village is roughly 450 and out of this …
The steep rise in socio-economic burden due to vector-borne diseases like dengue, malaria, chikungunya, and Zika has prompted the World Health Organisation (WHO) to ask member countries, including India, to focus on mosquito control. Estimates of the UN agency show incidence of dengue alone has risen 30-fold worldwide over the …
A high-risk group of people, including farmers and forest workers, will be vaccinated against Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD) or monkey fever. The state government's decision on Tuesday has come after the tick-borne viral disease spread to newer villages in Sindhudurg district. Health officials have also warned trekkers and nature enthusiasts …
The three deaths were reported on February 11, 12 and 15 at different hospitals in the city. Swine flu has claimed three lives in Ahmedabad in the last five days. Since January 1, the total number of deaths due to swine flu in the city has touched 16, while 77 …
As the world’s fastest spreading vector-borne disease, dengue was estimated to infect more than 390 million people in 2010, a 30-fold increase in the past half century. Although considered to be a non-endemic country, mainland China had 55,114 reported dengue cases from 2005 to 2014, of which 47,056 occurred in …
