Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
The Municipal Corporation Bathinda (MCB) has issued the fogging schedule to control vector-borne diseases like dengue and malaria. In a press statement issued here on Monday, Municipal Commissioner Dr Rishipal Singh said fogging would start at 7 am daily and appealed to the residents that during fogging, everyone must keep …
Following the first case of dengue the District Health Department has already earmarked separate wards to handle patients suffering from the disease. In fact, the Health Department has set up dengue wards at all the three subdivision hospitals in Samana, Rajpura and Nabha. District Epidemiologist Dr Sumeet said the Samana …
Lassa fever outbreak in the country has killed one person and infected eight others in four states. It also affected one new healthcare worker in Kebbi State. Figures released yesterday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) showed that in the reporting Week 17 (April 22 to 28, 2019) …
Dengue has become a major public health problem in Sri Lanka with a considerable economic burden. As a response, in June, 2014, the Ministry of Health initiated a proactive vector control programme in partnership with military and police forces, known as the Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC) programme, that was targeted at …
2 more vaccines undergoing trial in the country. Hyderabad: The Malaria Elimination Research Alliance, a branch of the Indian Council of Medical Research, has been set up to prioritise, plan and scale up relevant research in malaria and bring down the number of cases with the target of eliminating this …
Tafenoquine or Krintafel is used to treat p.vivax malaria. Hyderabad: Development of the drug tafenoquine is a major breakthrough in the treatment of malaria. No drug has been developed in the past 30 years to deal with malaria. It was approved for use by the USFDA last year but is …
Some people use ant killer gammaxene and spread it in the compound and around the house. Hyderabad: Prevention is always better than cure but preventing vector borne diseases such as malaria is a big challenge. Repellents and reducing breeding spaces for mosquitoes are almost our only preventive defence against this …
Former had five times more breeding spots than the latter in last four months The Insecticide department of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) found five times more dengue mosquito breeding spots than malaria mosquito in the last four months. The dengue cases rise more than two-fold in the same period …
Indian researchers have synthesized a new aromatic molecule that promises to help repel and kill adult female of Aedes aegypti mosquito which isscarrier of several disease-causing viruses. Mosquito bites that result in diseases such as malaria and dengue are a major concern in tropical countries where the temperature allows their …
He directed the panchayat raj and RWS officials to clean tanks where water is stored so as to avoid contamination of water. Vijayawada: Special medical services will be provided to check the spread of malaria in the district, said krishna district collector A.Md. Imtiaz. He held a conference with the …
Malaria cases and deaths steadily decreasing since 2013 The Health Department has called for the early diagnosis and prompt and complete treatment of malaria and sustained vector control measures to help Kerala achieve the target of eliminating malaria by 2020. Kerala had been the first State in the country to …
The fight against malaria got a shot in the arm today with a range of research organisations coming together on a common platform with an aim to eliminate the disease from the country by 2030 through shared research agenda and resources. Over the past two decades, India has made good …
While cases have declined by over 80% (from 2.03 million cases in 2000 to 0.39 million in 2018), deaths caused by malaria also went from 932 in 2000 to 85 in 2018 (over 90%) The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Wednesday officially unveiled the 'Malaria Elimination Research Alliance' …
Malawi government says a vaccine against malaria could be a vital new tool in the fight against the debilitating illness as the Ministry of Health starts immunising children in the world's first large-scale pilot of RTS, S -- the candidate vaccine that is furthest along in development --from April 23 …
MUMBAI: The BMC may soon demolish dilapidated structures located within four of mill lands in central Mumbai as officials say these have turned into breeding grounds for mosquitoes and led to a perceptible rise in dengue and malaria cases in the neighbourhood. The proposal, drafted by the BMC’s G-South Ward, …
Tanzania on Thursday confirmed an outbreak of dengue fever, saying the business capital, Dar es Salaam, has reported 252 cases. Deputy Minister for Health Faustine Ndungulile confirmed that there was an outbreak of dengue fever in Dar es Salaam and the Indian Ocean coastal region of Tanga, where there were …
NEW DELHI: Besides early implementation of measures to prevent breeding of mosquitoes, South Delhi Municipal Corporation has come up with a year-long detailed action plan for 2019-20 that clearly defines each month’s activities and responsibilities of departments and officials. “Though the breeding of mosquitoes is directly related to the amount …
The Nigeria Centre for Diseases Control, NCDC, has confirmed 23 new cases of Lassa fever including 4 deaths. According to the report released on its website for the week 11th ending 17th March, 2019, the new cases were reported from nine states, namely Edo with eight cases; Ondo with four …
Children under five years will this month start receiving malaria vaccine in Mangochi under the pilot Malaria Vaccine Implementation Programme (MVIP) by the district health office and College of Medicine. Keeping Malawi children safe from Malaria with vaccines Mangochi Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) coordinator Francis Mwanoka said this on …
At least six dengue cases have been reported in Delhi this year, four of which were in March, even though the vector-borne disease is usually reported between July and November, according to a municipal report released on Monday. Last year, 2,798 dengue cases and four deaths were recorded by the …
