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). Each year, WHO’s World malaria report provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of trends in malaria control and elimination across …
Abuja — A new research released recently has indicated that substandard medicines are more prevalent than fakes in the world's most malaria-burdened country, Nigeria. A rigorous analysis of more than 3,000 anti-malaria drugs purchased in Enugu, Nigeria found 9.3 per cent to be of poor quality, according to a new …
Nature threads the very fabric of human lives in remote forest areas of developing countries. Unfortunately, we do not fully understand how ecosystem services (such as human health benefits) could be secured by conserving natural capital. Thus, we analyze a rich dataset on disease, climate, demography, land uses, and conservation …
Wildlife diseases can present significant threats to ecological systems and biological diversity, as well as domestic animal and human health. However, determining the dynamics of wildlife diseases and understanding the impact on host populations is a significant challenge. In Hawai‘i, there is ample circumstantial evidence that introduced avian malaria (Plasmodium …
Abuja — A new research released recently has indicated that substandard medicines are more prevalent than fake ones in world's most malaria-burdened country, Nigeria. A rigorous analysis of more than 3,000 antimalarials purchased in Enugu, Nigeria found 9.3% to be of poor quality, according to new research published in PLOS …
Action Plan To Fight Malaria, TB Adopted The World Health Organization (WHO) has adopted a new global strategy to fight drug-resistant diseases like tuberculosis, malaria, urinary tract infection and even HIV at the 68th World Health Assembly , a forum that serves as the agency's highest decision-making body . It …
GENEVA — United Nations member states agreed Monday to a plan to tackle resistance to antibiotic drugs, spurred by warnings of a catastrophe for public health and heavy economic losses if they did not act. The plan is due to be adopted Tuesday at a plenary session of the World …
The decision was taken in the pre-monsoon meetings addressed by Municipal Commissioner Ajoy Mehta. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) recently started a process to map areas, and it has shown a steady rise in incidents of vector-borne diseases such as dengue and malaria in the past three years. The mapping …
Call For Stricter Norms To Curb Conflicts Of Interest. Over 30 civil society organizations and several member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) have raised objection to the framework for engagement of the WHO with non-state entities, holding that the issue of conflict of interest in such engagement is …
Malaria remains endemic in 21 countries of the American continent with an estimated 427,000 cases per year. Approximately 10% of these occur in the Mesoamerican and Caribbean regions. During the last decade, malaria transmission in Mesoamerica showed a decrease of ~85%; whereas, in the Caribbean region, Hispaniola (comprising the Dominican …
HOPES of a universal, commercially licensed malaria vaccine this year may have dimmed as the first candidate malaria vaccine to reach phase III clinical trials, though safe, has been found to provide only modest protection for infants. Results of the RTS,S/AS01 vaccine clinical trial that is being conducted across 11 …
A trial of a malaria vaccine that targets the most dangerous variety of parasite that causes the disease has shown some positive early results. The vaccine, developed at Oxford University, was 67% effective in a study of 121 men in Kenya, it found. Encouraging results have now been recorded for …
A three-member team from Institute of Topical Medicine and International Health, Berlin, Germany, will commence a research within two weeks to study the causes for increase in malaria cases in the city.Prof Frank P Mockenhaupt, deputy director and research group, malaria & infectious diseases epidemiology department of the Institute will …
Maun — Okavango Sub-district is not doing well in the fight against malaria. This is despite progress made by countries and voluntary organisations in eradicating malaria epidemic. Officiating at the World Malaria Commemoration Day in Seronga, the senior district officer for development for Okavango, Mr Letlhogonolo Nkolane said Okavango contributed …
Household products maker Reckitt Benckiser has pledged support to a fresh nationwide six-year plan to eliminate malaria in Nigeria, estimated to cost N4.13 billion in implementation. The National Malaria Strategic Plan 2014-2020 calls for N3.5 billion to be spent on drugs, treated mosquito nets and other supplies to boost the …
GOVERNMENT says the number of people infected by malaria since the beginning of the year fell by 50 percent compared to the same period last year. In an interview recently, national malaria manager in the Ministry of Health and Child Care Dr Joseph Mberikunashe said 157 182 cases of malaria …
AFRICAN countries are the most affected by the growing global drug resistance to malaria and tuberculosis (TB), a situation, which is compounded by incomplete data due to lack of information and poor quality medicines. This is the verdict of a new World Health Organisation (WHO) survey published over the weekend. …
the northeastern states of India are co-endemic for Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax malaria. The transmission intensity is low-to-moderate resulting in intermediate to stable malaria. Malaria control prioritized P. falciparum being the predominant and life threatening infection (>70%). P. vivax malaria remained somewhat neglected. The present study provides a status …
Minna — Niger State Commissioner for Health, Hadiza Ladi Abdullahi, has said that the state loses over N5 billion annually as a result of Malaria. The commissioner, who was represented by Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Dr. Ibrahim Tiffin, said the disease accounted for 30 per cent of under-five mortality …
Three-quarters of countries do not have plans in place to preserve antimicrobial medicines, the World Health Organization says. The body has repeatedly warned that the globe is heading into a "post-antibiotic era" in which much of modern medicine becomes impossible. Its report showed "a lot more needs to be done" …
Over a 2-year period, from 2013 to 2014, WHO undertook an initial “country situation analysis” in order to determine the extent to which effective practices and structures to address antimicrobial resistance have been put in place and where gaps remain. A survey was conducted in countries in all six WHO …
