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 …
Two vaccine candidates have been shown to be effective — in one case, 100 percent effective — in preventing malaria. The biotech firm Sanaria Inc. of Rockville, Maryland, developed the vaccines. They prime the immune system against the malaria parasite by introducing live but weakened sporozoites — the earliest spore …
The ninth G-FINDER survey reports on 2015 global investment into research and development (R&D;) of new products for neglected diseases, and identifies trends and patterns across the nine years of global G-FINDER data. In all, 185 organisations completed the survey for FY2015, which covered: 39 neglected diseases; 160 product areas …
More than 300 high-profile representatives from NGOs, businesses, government and UN organisations are set to convene at the Aid & Development Africa Summit in Nairobi this February exchanging innovative and sustainable solutions for improving aid delivery and development strategy in sub-Saharan East Africa. Delivering Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires a …
Multidrug-resistant malaria superbugs have taken hold in parts of Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, threatening to undermine progress against the disease, scientists said. They also warned of further spread of these parasites through India to Africa. The superbugs can beat off the best current treatments, artemisinin and piperaquine. “The emergence and …
A new partnership to support the Zambian government’s ambitious campaign to eliminate malaria by 2020 has been announced. The initiative is spearheaded by the EXASOL, a high-performance in-memory analytic database developer, and PATH, an international nonprofit organization and global leader in health and innovation. “Data analytics is often discussed as …
Unhygienic conditions coupled with fluctuations in temperature are major reasons for the unusual breeding of mosquitoes. NIZAMABAD: Mosquito breeding has increased at an alarming rate in the rural and urban areas in Nizamabad and Kamareddy districts, leading to more cases of vector-borne diseases in the area. In the normal course, …
Ethiopia, Swaziland, Uganda, Botswana, Cabo Verde, Comoros, DRC and Chad have been honoured for their significant progress in the fight against malaria. The eight countries were awarded on Monday by the African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA) at the 28th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. ALMA is an alliance …
The patients had caught malaria when visiting Africa. A key malaria treatment has failed for the first time in patients being treated in the UK, doctors say. The drug combination was unable to cure four patients, who had all visited Africa, in early signs the parasite is evolving resistance. A …
Severe malaria is a life-threatening complication of an infection with the protozoan parasite Plasmodium falciparum, which requires immediate treatment. Safety and efficacy concerns with currently used drugs accentuate the need for new chemotherapeutic options against severe malaria. Here we describe a medicinal chemistry program starting from amicarbalide that led to …
Countries in the Asia Pacific region aim to eliminate malaria by 2030. A cornerstone of malaria elimination is the effective management of Anopheles mosquito vectors. Current control tools such as insecticide treated nets or indoor residual sprays target mosquitoes in human dwellings. We find in a high transmission region in …
Even after three months of efforts, mosquitoes are everywhere in the state and biting the people as usual. VIJAYAWADA: The state government's programme to end mosquito menace “Domalapai Dandayatra” (War on Mosquitoes) has failed to give results. Even after three months of its efforts, mosquitoes are everywhere in the state …
CHENNAI: The mosquito menace is acute and, apart from dengue-causing aedes and malaria-causing anopheles, public health experts are worried about the 'culex' which causes Japanese encephalitis (JE). National Vector Borne Disease Control programme data shows that the number of people testing positive for JE, a viral disease, is rising — …
The DAMAN will continue for five years and will cost the government a total of Rs 120 crore. The government has already sanctioned Rs 10 crore to roll out the first stages of the programme. As many as 80 lakh high-risk members of the population will benefit from this new …
The World Malaria Report 2016 summarizes information received from malaria-endemic countries and other sources, and updates the analyses presented in the 2015 report. The World Malaria Report is WHO’s flagship malaria publication, released each year in December. It assesses global and regional malaria trends, highlights progress towards global targets, and …
The world is rapidly becoming urban with the global population living in cities projected to double by 2050. This increase in urbanization poses new challenges for the spread and control of communicable diseases such as malaria. In particular, urban environments create highly heterogeneous socio-economic and environmental conditions that can affect …
Anemia and malaria constitute major health problems worldwide, especially in tropical countries with low resources (WHO, 2008a, 2008b; Black et al., 2003). Although there are several potential causes of anemia, iron deficiency constitutes approximately half of all cases (WHO, 2008a, 2008b). Other important causal factors include parasitic infections such as …
Insecticide-treated bednets (ITNs) are effective in preventing malaria where vectors primarily bite indoors and late at night, but their effectiveness is uncertain where vectors bite outdoors and earlier in the evening. We studied the effectiveness of ITNs following a mass distribution in Haiti from May to September, 2012, where the …
Is Odisha losing the grip over malaria? Seems so when the State topped in the country with over 3.36 lakh malaria positive cases till October 1 this year vis-a-vis around 3 lakh cases in 2011. Moreover, with 65 deaths till the end of September this year vis-a-vis 56 till September …
Pneumonia has overtaken malaria as the number one killer disease among children under the age of five in Nigeria. A report by the International Vaccines Access Centre (IVAC) revealed that the disease was responsible for 127,000 child deaths in the country last year. This was disclosed on Monday in Abuja …
Despite remarkable progress in the improvement of child survival between 1990 and 2015, the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 4 target of a two-thirds reduction of under-5 mortality rate (U5MR) was not achieved globally. In this paper, we updated our annual estimates of child mortality by cause to 2000–15 to reflect …
