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 …
Mangaluru: The department of health and family welfare is taking additional measures to prevent the spread of vector-borne diseases in the state. Minister for health and family welfare U T Khader told reporters here on Monday that three mobile medical vans each will be introduced in all districts across the …
Children in the embattled Nigerian town of Damboa are reportedly suffering from three serious conditions — malaria, measles and malnutrition — despite aid workers' best efforts to keep them healthy. The International Committee of the Red Cross detailed the situation and called for help in a Wednesday news release, noting …
Malaria parasites cause hundreds of millions of infections, and kills hundreds of thousands of people annually, mostly in Africa. And in recent years the most dangerous malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, has become increasingly resistant to the main anti-malarial drugs. Now, an international team of researchers shows that some members of …
The major mosquito vectors of human diseases have co-evolved with humans over a long period of time. However, the rapid growth in human population and the associated expansion in agricultural activity and greater urbanisation have created ecological changes that have had a marked impact on biology of mosquito vectors. Adaptation …
In a major boost to government-run urban healthcare facilities in the state, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will provide Rs 1,548 crore as part of the Japanese government's official development assistance. Medical college hospitals and district headquarters hospitals, including Kilpauk Medical College Hospital and Institute of Child Health in …
Vasco: The Urban health centre in Vasco on Thursday had a meeting of supervisors construction sites in Mormugao taluka to create awareness about dengue and malaria fever. The supervisors have been informed to send migrant labourers for health check-ups and issue health cards to them before they are appointed to …
Among the several new antimalarials discovered over the past decade are at least three clinical candidate drugs, each with a distinct chemical structure, that disrupt Na+ homeostasis resulting in a rapid increase in intracellular Na+ concentration ([Na+]i) within the erythrocytic stages of Plasmodium falciparum. At present, events triggered by Na+ …
The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum hijacks an immune system process to invade red blood cells, according to a study led by researchers at Penn State College of Medicine. Understanding how malaria invades the cells could lead to a more effective vaccine. Malaria kills about 1 million people every year, mostly …
A new report by the World Health Organisation shows that Africa has registered an increase in life expectancy by almost 10 years over the past 15 years. The report titled; 'World Health Statistics: Monitoring Health for the SDGs' shows that dramatic gains in life expectancy between 2000 and 2015 were …
GURGAON: Ahead of dengue outbreak, the Haryana health department has notified the Haryana Epidemic Diseases Regulation, 2016 for control of Malaria, Dengue, Chikungunya and Japanese Encephalitis (JE). Coming up with strict guidelines, the notification (a copy of which is with TOI) states, "An inspecting officer, who is unavoidably prevented from …
Global life expectancy increased by five years between 2000 and 2015, the World Health Organization said Thursday, crediting progress in Africa against HIV, AIDS and malaria. The gains made over the last 15 years are the largest since the 1960s, when the world—especially Europe and Japan—saw broad socio-economic improvements linked …
With the aim of combating deadly disease dengue, hundreds of schoolchildren today participated in an awareness rally organised by the ATS Rotary Club in collaboration with the Health Department. NK Sharma, Chief Parliamentary Secretary, flagged off the rally from the Civil Hospital, Dera Bassi. Children marched through streets and markets …
Over 4,800 notices have been issued including to Airport Authority, DJB, colleges and DMRC construction site after mosquito breeding was detected on their premises during an ongoing campaign against dengue and malaria by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC). Mosquito breeding has been detected in more than 5,000 residences out …
Plasmodium falciparum malaria is a deadly pathogen. The invasion of red blood cells (RBCs) by merozoites is a target for vaccine development. Although anti-merozoite antibodies can block invasion in vitro, there is no efficacy in vivo. To explain this discrepancy we hypothesized that complement activation could enhance RBC invasion by …
THE toll of malaria is hard to comprehend. In Africa, parts of the Middle East, southern Asia and Melanesia, humans have been killed by the parasite, which is transmitted by mosquitoes, for thousands of years. Its bloody traces are visible on the human genome itself, in the form of mutations …
Earlier, the Union health ministry had launched the National Framework for Malaria Elimination (NFME), which outlines the country’s strategy for elimination of malaria by 2030. UT administrator Kaptan Singh Solanki will launch the health department’s malaria elimination programme in the city on Monday after its scheduled inauguration was cancelled last …
Malaria infection poses a serious public health problem in endemic countries. As per World Malaria Report 2015, it is estimated that 3.2 billion people in 97 countries are at risk of being infected with malaria; 214 million cases of malaria with 4,38,000 malaria induced deaths are reported during the year …
Although India had some successes in controlling malaria from the time of independence, it still faces a substantial socio-economic burden from this disease. This paper presents a case study of a highly endemic primary health centre with an annual parasite incidence of 30.9 in the tribal regions of Andhra Pradesh. …
Jaipur: Health department has geared up to prevent the spread of vector-borne diseases. The department has directed its entomologists to complete the survey of the state to find out the species of mosquitoes breeding in the state. Although, the health department officials said, the density of mosquitoes is not much, …
Villages categorised according to incidence, door-to-door campaigns underway for anti-malaria pills. ‘End Malaria For Good’ being the theme for World Malaria Day (April 25), the state health department has zeroed in on five districts where the vector borne disease has been persistent—Gadchiroli, Chandrapur, Raigad, Gondia and Thane. From January to …
