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 …
Two categories of evolutionary challenges result from escalating human impacts on the planet. The first arises from cancers, pathogens and pests that evolve too quickly, and the second from the inability of many valued species to adapt quickly enough. Applied evolutionary biology provides a suite of strategies to address these …
The use of insecticide treated nets (ITNs), and subsequently the new generation of long-lasting insecticide treated nets (LLINs), has been a core malaria prevention strategy for more than two decades, and until 2010, distribution of LLINs targeted biologically vulnerable groups such as pregnant women and children aged less than 5 …
Spurt in malaria cases alarms health officialsHyderabad: TIMES NEWS NETWORK Several districts in Telangana are in the grip of malaria and other viral fevers. However, the absence of an effective mechanism to monitor and report diseases such as malaria and dengue is resulting in the state health department officials working …
The malaria epidemic that so far claimed nearly hundred lives in Tripura has been worst in past three decades. Experts identified the menace as a result of biting by mainly Anopheles Baimai which is most dangerous of all mosquitoes, a Health Department report informed. Four districts were badly hit, with …
SCIENTISTS searching for new drugs to fight malaria have identified a number of compounds — some of which are currently in clinical trials to treat cancer – that could add to the anti-malarial arsenal. Duke University assistant professor Emily Derbyshire and colleagues identified more than 30 enzyme-blocking molecules, called protein …
Seven wards of Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) have been identified by the expert committee on National Vector Borne Diseases Control Programme (NVBDCP) as very high risk areas for malaria. The areas are categorised based on annual parasite index (API) per 1,000 persons. If the API is above five, then it …
Following a decade of gains in malaria control, two divergent prospects are emerging: malaria elimination in many endemic countries, and spreading artemisinin-resistant P. falciparum undermining these gains. The potential benefits of malaria elimination are substantial, including the direct burden averted and economic growth through improved educational attainment and productivity; these …
The number of cases of water-borne diseases reported in Sadar hospital and Ranchi Institute of Medical Sciences has been on the rise. In one month, around 58 patients suffering from diarrhoea and 28 patients suffering from malaria have been admitted to the Sadar Hospital. One woman suffering from malaria has …
NASHIK: The diarrhoea outbreak in Niphad was barely four days after the Nashik Municipal Corporation had collated the city's health report, which showed as many as 882 cases of diarrhoea in the month of July alone, which means that on average 30 cases of diarrhoea were reported on each day …
Action plan towards control of malaria to be ready by this month. The Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) will come up with an action plan by this month to create awareness on malaria and for the control of malaria. A series of meetings have been held in this regard. Speaking to …
Arunachal Pradesh has sounded a high alert after report of nine malarial deaths in Longding district bordering Nagaland. “In the past week, nine people have died due to malaria at Longkhaw Village in the district while 81 cases have been detected during a medical camp organized recently. Out of the …
As the death toll rises in West Africa amid the worst Ebola outbreak on record, a separate threat is compounding the problem: the rainy season and the malaria that comes with it. In Sierra Leone, with the most Ebola cases in the epidemic, a fearful population is failing to seek …
Chemoprevention offers a promising strategy for prevention of malaria in African children. However, the optimal chemoprevention drug and dosing strategy is unclear in areas of year-round transmission and resistance to many antimalarial drugs. To compare three available regimens, we conducted an open-label randomized controlled trial of chemoprevention in Ugandan children. …
WHO recommends prompt diagnosis and quinine plus clindamycin for treatment of uncomplicated malaria in the first trimester and artemisinin-based combination therapies in subsequent trimesters. We undertook a systematic review of women's access to and healthcare provider adherence to WHO case management policy for malaria in pregnant women.
The Mamata Banerjee government's handling of encephalitis in North Bengal came for a blistering attack from the CPI-M, the BJP and the Congress members in the Lok Sabha today even as the Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said tackling encephalitis was tougher than dealing with polio and malaria because …
Malaria continues to be a major health problem globally. There is an urgent need to find new antimalarials. Acriflavine (ACF) is known as an antibacterial agent and more recently as an anticancer agent. Here, we report that ACF inhibits the growth of asexual stages of both chloroquine (CQ) sensitive and …
Agartala: At least 76 people have died of malaria in the state during the past one and a half months, the state government on Sunday said. The deaths occurred mostly in the tribal dominated areas since mid-June till date, Health and Family Welfare Minister Badal Chowdhury told reporters here. “Insurgency …
Plasmodium falciparum infection during pregnancy leads to adverse outcomes including low birthweight; however, contemporary estimates of the potential burden of malaria in pregnancy in Africa (in the absence of interventions) are poor. We aimed to estimate the need to protect pregnant women from malaria across Africa. Original Source
BANGKOK—Resistance to the world's most effective drug against malaria is becoming widespread in Southeast Asia, a recurrent pattern that threatens global efforts to control the mosquito-borne infectious disease, a new study shows. Resistance to the drug, artemisinin, in the most deadly form of malaria-causing parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, is established in …
Efforts to develop the first new malaria treatment in 20 years advanced as a pill from Novartis AG (NOVN) cleared parasites faster than the best medicines, potentially providing a solution to the spread of drug resistance. In a study among 21 patients in Thailand, Novartis’s KAE609 wiped out half the …
