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 …
PASIGHAT: The Pasighat district health department is going all out to control mosquito-transmitted diseases like malaria, dengue and recently detected Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in the district. Headed by the DMO Dr Kaling Dai, a team of doctors and officials in carrying outsource reduction activities followed by awareness programme, fogging and …
The doctors are advising the public to eat a healthy diet and keep themselves away from any such place that breeds mosquitoes. Hyderabad: With the onset of monsoon in Hyderabad, cases of vector and water-borne diseases have witnessed a surge in the city. Speaking to ANI, Superintendent of Hyderabad-based Government …
More than 20 dengue cases registered in the district. The district has witnessed maximum number of 421 cases in the year 2017. TIRUPATI: Learning lessons from the high incidence of seasonal diseases, especially dengue, malaria and other viral fevers, that had kept the officials on their toes in the previous …
Cases of malaria have spiked in the Capital with as much as 51 persons affected by it in June, three times the number of people affected with dengue reported in the same month. According to a municipal report released on Monday, the total number of malaria and dengue cases reported …
Cases of malaria have gone up with the onset of monsoon, with at least 51 confirmed cases reported in June this year. This is nearly double the cases reported in June 2018. Advertising According to a report by SDMC, the city has witnessed 60 cases of malaria in 2019 so …
The Ministry of Health released on Thursday this year's figures regarding the number of cases of vector-borne diseases like dengue, malaria and Chikungunya. "Till date 91 Dengue cases have been reported from across the country, out of which 22 cases are from Delhi," the ministry said. "92 cases of patients …
Genetically modified mosquitoes have been released in Burkina Faso as part of an anti-malaria campaign. While some critics have raised concerns, the scientists involved said the release, which was the first of its kind in Africa, represented a very important milestone. Burkina Faso's Research Institute of Health Sciences, a government …
Last year, 392 malaria cases were reported from government hospitals and dispensaries in June, while cases of dengue rose from 21 in June to 399 in September in 2018. With the onset of monsoon, mosquito-borne infections are expected to rise with June alone recording 310 malaria and eight dengue cases …
Algeria - the nation where malaria was discovered - is officially free of malaria, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, making it the third African country to eliminate one of the world's leading killer diseases. With no recorded cases of malaria in three consecutive years, Argentina was also …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Climate change induced probable increases in temperatures and rainfall would arguably add to the aggregate malarial risk within the city. This paper attempts to develop an urban climate impact assessment model with a focus on public health. Using past data on disease cases, climate trajectories (temperature, precipitation) malarial risk is …
