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 …
the un, a key opponent of weapons of mass destruction, is ironically all set to harness nuclear energy to combat malaria. Its International Atomic Energy Agency (iaea) intends to soon use the Sterile Insect Technique (sit) in Africa
ARTEMISININ, a drug isolated from sweet wormwood, has finally been approved by global health agencies as the first line of treatment of malaria instead of quinine, to which Plasmodium is showing increased resistance. The treatment is given as a cocktail known as artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) and it has shown …
As a part of its anti-malaria programme, public sector enterprise Gas Authority of India Limited (gail) has tied up with the World Health Organisation (who) to manufacture insecticidal mosquito nets. gail will use high-density polyethelyne (hdpe) to make these nets. The company's petrochemical plant manufactures hdpe in surplus, making it …
environmental damage can at times beget human diseases. It has been discovered that the destruction of the Amazon rainforest is encouraging the growth of a malaria parasite. During a three-year long study, researchers from the us-based Johns Hopkins University collected 15,000 mosquitoes swarming around a jungle road in northeast Peru, …
organic reservoir: Spreading an ultra-thin layer of organic molecules on the surface of reservoirs could prevent millions of cubic metres of water evaporating each year, according to Flexible Solutions, a Canadian company. It is the first to commercialise the technique. Field tests of the technology conducted in several countries show …
tanzania has become the first African country to start producing a new type of long-lasting bednet that could help significantly reduce deaths from malaria. The bednet is made from specially designed polyester that incorporates insecticide into the material's molecular structure. Unlike a conventional bednet, which needs to be sprayed with …
THERE has been an alarming rise in the incidence of dengue fever in Bangalore this year. The trend is being attributed to the 200 or so abandoned quarry pits, tanks and other receptacles, and numerous unused household wells in Karnataka's capital city. These are proving to be ideal breeding grounds …
In his Independence Day speech from the Red Fort, Prime Minster Atal Bihari Vajpayee promised six hospitals akin to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (aiims) in backward states of the country. He made this announcement under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana, while admitting "people in underdeveloped states …
forty-year-old Nizamuddin couldn't have been struck down by malaria at a worse time. He is laid up at the Pokran primary health centre (phc) in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer district instead of tending bajra (millet) and guar (a legume) crops in his fields in Nananiya village. Sadly, a healthy monsoon
WATER is for flowing. When made to stagnate, it buzzes deafeningly of a culture of deliberate ignorance. Look at the misfortune of the people of picturesque western Rajasthan, today also the malaria country. Thirsty desert dwellers will probably never pray for a good monsoon, for it brings death by malaria! …
a new study not only exposes a vital weakness of the malaria parasite, but also shows how ayurvedic medicines can work wonders when allopathy fails. In most parts of the world, the malaria parasite has become resistant to chloroquine
Campaigners against malaria in Africa contend that simple protective nets could save thousands of lives across the continent. Malaria causes at least a million deaths in Africa each year. The disease is estimated to kill an African child every 30 seconds. But less than three per cent of the children …
A recent review of editorial boards of ten leading international psychiatry journals has revealed almost nil representation from developing countries. Shekhar Saxena, coordinator, mental health unit of World Health Organization (who), conducted this review, searching for board members from low-income and middle-income countries using the income criteria set by who. …
here’s how a small shrub can root out a huge problem. Scientists from the Desert Medicine Research Centre, Jodhpur, have found that the Indian nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum) is fatal for three species of malaria vectors. The extracts of the fruit are 16 times more potent than those of the roots …
mosquitoes genetically modified to combat malaria have failed to compete with their wild cousins. Scientists last fall had completed the genome sequencing of the malaria parasite and vector. Following this, researchers from the Imperial College of London, the uk, had inserted easily traceable artificial genes into the anopheles mosquitoes
Bangladesh is planning to conduct an aerial raid on mosquitoes, which are attacking cities in droves. Larvicide will be sprayed from helicopters on an estimated 20 million insects. The country considers the pest its enemy number one. Be it slums or government offices, mosquitoes make their presence felt with their …
