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 …
New Delhi, May 4 Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd on Monday announced the commencement of the third phase clinical trials for its new anti-malaria combination drug in India, Bangladesh and Thailand. The drug, Arterolane maleate + Piperaquine phosphate, is targeted at patients in developing countries with the aim of significantly improving upon …
Ajai Shukla / Tezpur (assam) May 05, 2009, 0:55 IST During the Second World War, Field Marshall William Slim, commander of the 14th Army in Burma, discovered that the anopheles mosquito was causing more casualties to his men than the Japanese. Ruthlessly practical, he decreed that catching malaria was a …
Malda, May 3: Eight jawans of the railway protection special force have been diagnosed with malignant malaria and kept isolated in a ward of a hospital here. While five jawans were admitted to the isolated ward specially set up at the Malda railway hospital on Saturday, three were brought there …
The mosquito menace in the city has assumed alarming proportions. Residents of many localities have been blaming the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) for this. They allege that the negligence of the civic body with regard to controlling the menace has been leading to the present developments. Saroj Medhi, a resident …
Malaria afflicts many people in the developing world, and due to its direct and indirect costs it has widespread impacts on growth and development. The global impact of malaria on human health, productivity, and general well-being is profound. Human activity, including agriculture, has been recognized as one of the reasons …
A significant reduction in malaria deaths through targeted intervention measures, particularly in Africa, and a substantial rise in funding to fight the scourge have brought the goal of elimination of the disease nearer. The search for a malaria vaccine may eventually present a winning candidate, but the focus for the …
With the rising temperature, most people are worried how to deal with the spreading viral fever, but a medicine specialist says the best way is to take complete bed rest to get rid of it. "Complete bed rest is usually called the actual treatment of viral fever, Dr M Foyjul …
View image 2.4 billion people worldwide are living at risk of cerebral malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum. The parasite kills more children and pregnant women than other strains A world map of malaria caused by P falciparum, created for the year 2007, pinpoints areas at risk. It will help countries …
World Health Organisation (WHO) has agreed to provide a grant of Rs 800 million to the Punjab government during the next five years for the eradication of Malaria in the province. Sources in the health department told Business Recorder on Tuesday that the government has also approved an amount of …
World Health Organisation (WHO) has agreed to provide a grant of Rs 800 million to the Punjab government during the next five years for the eradication of Malaria in the province. Sources in the health department told Business Recorder on Tuesday that the government has also approved an amount of …
Fresh efforts and funding to tackle malaria in recent years have brought the goal of eradicating the deadly disease within sight, health experts said on Friday. Wiping out malaria worldwide could take decades but many countries where it is endemic are on the brink of eliminating the disease, which infects …
Scientists from Glasgow University claim that they have created a device which can detect malaria within minutes. Doctors have welcomed the development as it will help detect the parasite in a short time. The flu-like symptoms can be missed until the patient is critically ill. Blood samples are placed in …
JORHAT, April 27: Despite being the season for the spread of malaria and other vector-borne diseases, the Malaria department is not being able to tackle the mosquito menace on a large scale, due to shortage of funds. A source in the District Malaria office said that eight squads of six …
Secretary Health Khushnood Akhtar Lashari has said the fatal disease of malaria will be eradicated by 2013 under five-year malaria control programme.Speaking at a press conference in connection with the World Malaria Day here on Saturday, he said there was no danger to the programme in Malakand division. The secretary …
Scientists are undertaking research to develop a vaccine for immunisation against malaria. The vaccine is expected to reduce the severity of the disease. The scientists at the international Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) in New Delhi are involved in the research on malaria for the past few years. …
Residents of the Thai capital produce as much carbon pollution as New Yorkers and more than Londoners, a U.N.-backed study released on Wednesday shows. The report, "Bangkok: Assessment Report on Climate Change 2009," underscores the city's carbon-intensive habits but also highlights the threat to Bangkok from rising seas caused by …
IN Karachi, Hyderabad and Sukkur, one finds neglected and stagnant water ponds in almost every locality. These ponds are the result of an effluent from a community, or groundwater upward seepage due to capillary action, or canal water seepage (in case of Hyderabad and Sukkur), or water received from diffused …
United Nations: Anti-malaria drugs, more powerful than previous versions, will be put within reach of millions of people in Africa and Asia as part of an initiative launched by the U.N.-backed fund that fights major epidemics.
A new campaign to save lives and prevent drug resistance by driving the price of the best malaria medicine down to as little as 20 cents was announced Friday by international health agencies and European governments. The subsidy program, unveiled in Norway, will have an initial budget of $225 million …
