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 …
A NEW study has linked the rising cases of malaria in most parts of sub-Saharan Africa to construction and sitting of dams as well as flooding. According to the study published in this month’s Malaria Journal, over one million people in sub-Saharan Africa will contract malaria this year because they …
Cases of malaria and dengue have fallen in 2015 compared to 2014, according to a report submitted by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to the director of National Vector Borne Control Programme (NVBCP) in New Delhi in Thursday. The report stated that between January and 31 August 2015, 38 people …
Malaria scare has gripped Mewat as more than 35 deaths have been reported in the district in one-and-a-half months. Punhana block is the worst hit. As per the district Health Department, 449 cases of malaria have been reported so far. Of them, 262 are from Punhana. In villages, Hathan Gaon …
The RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine targets the circumsporozoite protein, inducing antibodies associated with the prevention of Plasmodium falciparum infection. We assessed the association between anti-circumsporozoite antibody titres and the magnitude and duration of vaccine efficacy using data from a phase 3 trial done between 2009 and 2014. Using data from 8922 …
Artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) are the recommended first-line treatment for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Ferroquine is a new combination partner for fast-acting ACTs such as artesunate. We aimed to assess different doses of ferroquine in combination with artesunate against uncomplicated P falciparum malaria in a heterogeneous population in Africa.
A survey conducted by the district malaria authorities from August 19 to 30 has found the dengue larvae breeding in over 16,000 spots in the city. The survey team visited over 64,900 places in the city to take stock of the situation. As many as 18 persons were served notices …
As Delhi and other parts of the country battle the surge in dengue cases, here is a look at how vector-borne diseases have been spreading their tentacles over the years.
As many as 6700 water samples have failed out of the total 21265 water samples taken from water tanks at bus stands, schools, colleges and public places under the cleanliness campaign being carried out in Haryana. This was informed during a meeting presided over by Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij …
Women in Kenya are enjoying a higher life expectancy than men, living to an average of 67.5 years compared to 63 for men. On the whole, life expectancy has been increasing over the last two decades but has been strained by HIV/Aids and respiratory and diarrhoeal infections. A health research …
A new anti-malaria vaccine called Mosquirix was recently approved by the European drugs regulators. Projected as the solution to malaria, the mosquito-borne disease that kills one child every 30 seconds, about 3,000 children everyday worldwide and over 300,000 Nigerians every year, it is already being recommended as safe and effective …
The World Health Organization recommends that malaria be confirmed by parasitological diagnosis before treatment using Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy (ACT). Despite this, many health workers in malaria endemic countries continue to diagnose malaria based on symptoms alone. This study evaluates interventions to help bridge this gap between guidelines and provider practice. …
The Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (GBD 2013) aims to bring together all available epidemiological data using a coherent measurement framework, standardised estimation methods, and transparent data sources to enable comparisons of health loss over time and across causes, age–sex groups, and countries. The GBD can be used to …
NOIDA: District Hospital in Sector 30 is witnessing a surge in the number of patients with symptoms of dengue, malaria and viral fever. The hospital has recorded 2,500-2,700 patients in its OPD every day for the last three days. The hospital is being overcrowded with several beds occupied by two …
KANPUR: The increase in humidity level has led to rise in mosquito menace, thereby giving sleepless nights to the locals. Leave people living in slum areas, even residents of posh localities are facing a tough time because of mosquitoes. With increase in cases of mosquito borne diseases such as malaria …
MALARIA has killed 360 people in the country since January this year, the Ministry of Health and Child Care said yesterday. Of the 360, four have died so far this month, the ministry's weekly disease surveillance report revealed. The deaths were reported in Mutare (one) and Nyanga district (one), Mwenezi …
In malarious areas, pregnant women are more likely to have detectable malaria than are their non-pregnant peers, and the excess risk of infection varies with gravidity. Pregnant women attending antenatal clinic for their first visit are a potential pragmatic sentinel group to track the intensity of malaria transmission; however, the …
BERHAMPUR: Altogether 3,434 students of government-run residential schools in Kandhamal district have tested positive for malaria. "The affected students have been administered drugs. The health officials are keeping a watch on their condition," said collector (Kandhamal) Yamini Sarangi. Official sources said blood samples of 19,767 students of 214 residential schools …
One of the strongest and wettest El Ninos will soon pummel East Africa, bringing heavy rains, floods and malaria. The prospect of a record-breaking El Nino is worrying since the 1997 weather killed many people in Kenya, and left hundreds homeless. Scientists say the condition, experienced across the world, could …
Nsanje — Nsanje district's malaria prevalence rate has hit 134 per 1, 000 people, Malawi News Agency can reveal. The information in possession shows that the most affected people are the under-five children and pregnant women. District Hospital Matron Jackson Kausiwa conceded that the district has a high prevalence rate …
Mozambique’s ministry of health has said the number of cases of malaria, which remains the main killer disease in the country, fell slightly in the first six months of the year, when compared with the same period in 2014, APA can report. Addressing a media briefing late on Wednesday, the …
