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 …
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Researchers studying African bonobo populations in the Congo Basin say they’ve discovered a new malaria parasite that’s specific to their geography and species – with potential implications for human health, because the newly discovered Plasmodium lomamiensis is closely related to a parasite known to cause malaria infections in people. Dr. …
Luanda — MORE than 1 200 people have died of malaria since the outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease in Angola this year. Most of the victims are children under five years of age, mostly in the central Huambo Province. Clementino Sacanombo, Huambo malaria programme supervisor, said the province was experiencing …
Abuja — The National Malaria Eradication Programme (NMEP) has lamented that despite the reduction in malaria prevalence in the country, it said malaria remains a leading cause of death of under-five children, saying about 30 children die every hour. The National Coordinator, NMEP, Dr. Audu Muhammed, revealed this in Abuja …
Although significant progress has been made in reducing malaria transmission globally in recent years, a large number of people remain at risk and hence the gains made are fragile. Funding lags well behind amounts needed to protect all those at risk and ongoing contributions from major donors, such as the …
NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- Kenya plans to adopt the World Health Organization (WHO) pneumonia guidelines in order to reduce child mortality. Director of Medical Services at the Ministry of Health Jackson Kioko told a health forum in Nairobi Friday that the guidelines require the use of amoxicillin dispersible tablets for treatment …
Of the total 8,063 cases of dengue, 4,188 patients belonged to Delhi. Patients from other states who came to the city for treatment numbered 3,875, the report said. The number of dengue cases recorded till November 6 had stood at 7,358. At least 705 fresh cases of dengue have been …
Simply destroying mosquito eggs has proven not to be effective in the control of the menace. Hyderabad: Simply destroying mosquito eggs has proven not to be effective in the control of the menace; there is a need for spatiotemporal mapping to develop a model which will help identify, and target, …
People with malaria give off a distinctive "breath-print" that could be used as a test for the disease, according to American scientists. They had already tried out a crude prototype breathalyser in Africa, a tropical medicine conference heard. The test was reasonably good at detecting cases in children, but needs …
NEW DELHI: Once again malaria has broken the record of last four years. According to latest reports released by the anti-malaria headquarters of the South Delhi municipal corporation till November 4 altogether 552 cases of malaria have been reported while 423 cases were reported for the same period in 2016, …
MUMBAI: Monsoon claimed five lives on its way out in the month of October, a civic report stated on Thursday. While dengue killed three people, malaria and hepatitis claimed a life each. With 17 deaths, dengue has emerged as the top killer this monsoon. Among the deceased in October were …
Scientists were stepping up their surveillance of SA’s malaria-control programme as the country confronts a surge in cases, the National Institute of Communicable Diseases disclosed on Tuesday. The uptick not only poses a health risk but also means SA is likely to miss its target of eliminating malaria by 2018. …
AHMEDABAD: Even as the temperatures have begun to fall, more than 1,000 cases of vector-borne infections in October were reported in Ahmedabad, says the data provided by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC). The weekly health report released by AMC's health department suggests that some 1,027 cases of vector-borne infections were reported …
The fevers in Darsi, Addhamki, Marturu, Markapuram, Talluru, and Pedda Dornala as these areas are near Nallamala forests. TIRUPATI: The increased fever cases worries district administration in Prakasam. More than 1.37 lakh fever cases were registered in the district this year, in which 452 dengue and 149 Malaria cases were …
Delay in diagnosis, patients leave State without treatment The Health Department has reportedly not been able to effectively deal with the malaria cases among migrant labourers. There has been an inordinate delay in diagnosis on the one hand and the patients are found to be leaving the State without completing …
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At least nine have died from Malaria in Tirioko Ward in Tiaty Sub-County, Baringo over the last five days and dozens more are facing death as they struggle to seek medication for the killer disease. According to residents and local leaders, those who died failed to get treatment in time. …
Dengue, chikungunya, malaria, the flu – there are all sorts of possibilities. However, the good news is that they are very much preventable. With the late September rains lashing cities across India – including Delhi/NCR, Bengaluru and Mumbai – viral infections and mosquito-borne diseases are inevitable. While weather forecasts predict …
The MCD data stated that 348 fresh cases of dengue were reported in the week ending September 16 — a 55 per cent increase from the preceding week. The capital has reported a 22 per cent increase in cases of dengue as compared to last year, the latest MCD data …
Ask anyone what they think the most dangerous creature on the planet is, and the answers will most likely be sharks, crocodiles, anacondas or poisonous jelly fishes. What you probably do not realise is that there is a creature, just as dangerous as these, lurking near you. Mosquitoes are said …
