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 …
At least 125 cases of malaria, 152 of chikungunya have been recorded till July 1 With rising cases of dengue and chikungunya in the national capital, the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Anil Baijal conducted a review meeting on Thursday to discuss the preparedness of the vector-borne disease. Delhi, so far …
One female mosquito produces 1,000 eggs in a lifespan. Hyderabad: Health alert. Hyderabad has shown an alarming increase of malaria and dengue cases in the last six months. From January 1 to June 1, 157 cases of malaria and dengue have been reported, the highest in the last five years. …
Gardening could be a powerful weapon against malaria, culling mosquito populations by cutting off their food supply, say researchers. A team tested their idea in nine villages in the arid Bandiagara district of Mali, West Africa. Removing flowers from a common shrub appeared to kill off lots of the older, …
Ahmedabad recorded an average rainfall of 50.61 mm in the past 12 hours. The traffic in the city was also hit by heavy rainfall on Monday. Due to water logging, Akhbarnagar underpass was closed for three hours and Kubernagar underpass for 30 minutes. Following incessant rain in the last three …
Phase 2 of trials underway in Jalna on ‘friendly’ mosquitoes genetically modified to cause offspring to die. Next step? Limited tests in open field EVEN as urban local bodies gear up for annual monsoon outbreaks of dengue and malaria, inside a nondescript mesh cage at Jalna in central Maharashtra, trials …
At least 10 people die every day in Delhi of tuberculosis, a curable disease, exposing a huge healthcare deficit in the national capital. Nearly 47% of the deaths are of people in the productive age group of 15 to 44 years. This data, an average of TB deaths in 2014 …
Providing African pupils with antimalarial drugs, insecticide-treated bed nets and education about preventing the mosquito-borne disease may also protect them against anaemia and boost their performance at school, researchers said on Wednesday. Children in Mali who benefited from these three measures from their teachers were 95 percent less likely to …
In a new set of instructions for private diagnostic labs and hospitals, the Health Department has asked them to inform its officials about the arrival of any new dengue and malaria patient at their centres. Health officials said information about dengue and malaria patients from private medical establishments would help …
Ahmedabad: With the monsoon setting in, Amdavadis have another health worry - malaria. This appears to be serious, as 215 cases of malaria alone were reported in Ahmedabad at civic body-run hospitals last week. According to the weekly health report by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), 228 cases of vector-borne infections …
NEW DELHI: With monsoon approaching, people in the city have another health worry — malaria. The city has already witnessed 113 cases of the diseases, while the numbers of dengue cases have inched close to 100. According to a corporation data released on Tuesday, the number of chikungunya cases recorded …
Ethiopia’s highlands traditionally have a built-in protection for the people who live there. The elevation and the cool temperatures have meant that malaria, the deadly mosquito-borne illness, cannot be transmitted. But climate change may be putting an end to that safeguard. A new study led by a researcher at the …
Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is planning to release Gambusia fishes into water bodies to control vector borne diseases this monsoon. "We are planning to put more than one lakh Gambusia larvivorus fishes into the water bodies this monsoon as a natural way to fight mosquitoes, these fishes …
Earlier, the court had directed the NVBDCP to “make a comprehensive action plan from every angle, which the municipal and civic authorities must implement, so that the problem of vector-borne diseases is minimised and ultimately eliminated”. A report submitted to the Delhi High Court on Wednesday, by the director of …
Four cases of dengue and one case each of chikungunya and falciparum malaria have been reported in the same period. Even before the rains set in, mosquitoes have unleashed their terror. In the month of June, till 17th, the city reported 488 cases of malaria, which means an average of …
Delhi has so far reported 50 cases of dengue and 105 cases of chikungunya, a report prepared by South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) stated on Monday. The corporation which compiles the data for the entire capital reported 10 fresh cases of dengue and nine cases of chikungunya in the last …
The vector-borne disease like dengue, Japanese Encephalitis and malaria have broken out in various places of Golaghat district. According to report, in Golaghat district, a student of Sarupathar had been suffering from fever and later she was confirmed as a Japanese Encephalitis victim. The student died in the local hospital …
Lubango - At least 1,178 people died of malaria over the last 15 months in southern Huila province. The information was released by the health authorities in the province, saying the above figure was part of 175,622 people admitted in medical units in the province. According to a report that …
NEW DELHI: Cases of dengue continue to increase in spite of high temperature. In the past week, municipal corporation report shows that 21cases of the mosquito-borne disease have been reported in the city. The total number of dengue cases has gone up to 40, while malaria and chikungunya cases have …
This is because both the vaccines undergoing trials will take several years to reach the counters. Though scientists at the ICGEB, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, in the Capital, confirmed the first phase of the human clinical trials of Malaria vaccine and the pre-clinical research of 'Dengue' vaccine …
The Central Bureau of Health Intelligence (CBHI) has been releasing its annual publication "National Health Profile (NHP)" on a regular basis since the calendar year 2005. This publication of vital national significance brings out very substantial health information under six major indicators viz, Demographic, Socio-economic, health status, health finance, health …
