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 Health Ministry has issued summons on 367 people in the Colombo city limits who did not heed ministry instructions to clean their households and immediate environs. The number of dengue patients continued to rise yesterday and the number of deaths remained at116 while health authorities battled to contain the …
An Island-wide environment programme jointly organized by the Environment and Natural Resources Ministry with the Ministries of Healthcare and Nutrition, Education and Local Government will be carried out on the next four Saturdays starting tomorrow to control vector born diseases. A function was held at the Viharamahadevi Park to mark …
Tree-munching beetles, malaria-carrying mosquitoes and deer ticks that spread Lyme disease are three living signs that climate change is likely to exact a heavy toll on human health. These pests and others are expanding their ranges in a warming world, which means people who never had to worry about them …
The Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) has decided to take legal action against those who dispose of garbage along the streets of Colombo from June 15. In a statement, CMC said they would also take legal action against people who allow the creation of environments conducive for the breeding of dengue …
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi on Thursday held a meeting of all its councillors and health officers to discuss steps to be taken in order to check the dengue menace this season. The civic body delved upon the matter and decided several steps like seeking active participation from the Resident …
Discussions held on the incidence of dengue at the Health Ministry revealed that the virus had mutated putting paid to all efforts to rid the country of the disease. Deputy Director General (Public Health) Dr. Palitha Mahipala said the Health Ministry had been hitherto tackling the
Tree-munching beetles, malaria-carrying mosquitoes and deer ticks that spread Lyme disease are three living signs that climate change is likely to exact a heavy toll on human health. These pests and others are expanding their ranges in a warming world, which means people who never had to worry about them …
The number of dengue victims and deaths from Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (DHF) continued to rise to epidemic proportions, with 75 deaths and approximately 5,500 patients reported island wide up to yesterday. Commenting on the alarming number of deaths from DHF, the Government Epidemiology Unit
KOLKATA, 19 May: With the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) expecting a rise in vector-borne diseases like dengue and malaria this season, the municipal commissioner, Mr Alapan Bandopadhyay today sought better co-operation among various departments of the state government that included the public works, KMC and health department. The municipal commissioner …
The number of dengue cases rose by three hundred as the Health Ministry in collaboration with the Colombo Municipal Council and the Public Service Nurses
The civic authorities will meet realtors on Tuesday to alert them against water accumulation at construction sites that could turn breeding ground of mosquitoes.The meeting at the civic headquarters is part of a drive to control vector-borne diseases in Calcutta. The authorities will explain to representatives of Credai, a realtors
A dengue eradication house to house campaign in the Colombo city will be started on Sunday at the Colombo Municipal Council by a group comprising Municipal Council staff, United Nurses' Union and Police Community Service, Colombo Municipal Council Commissioner Badrani Jayawardena told the Daily News yesterday. The incidence of dengue …
Over sixty eight deaths and 4,600 dengue cases were reported during the first five months. This was three hundred percent more than the number of dengue cases recorded within the same period last year. A spokesman for the Health Ministry said yesterday (15), that eight houses with mosquito breeding places …
The world's poorest nations are not prepared for the strain climate change will put on their public health systems, according to studies by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and partners. The findings come ahead of a major summit of health ministers from Commonwealth nations in Geneva that …
While some local authourities said yesterday they were on alert to prevent the fast-spreading Swine Flu reaching Sri Lanka, some others stressed the need to fight diseases such as dengue which has already affected the Hambantota and Galle districts. Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) authourities said they were carrying out tests …
Amidst continuing reports of rising dengue cases in the country, Sri Lanka is to present a new Dengue Breeding Act in the Parliament on May 5 in order to take tough action against such breeding places. The act would empower the Health Ministry to take action against people whose negligence …
Public Health Officials confirmed an outbreak of chikungunya and dengue in DJ Halli, revealing that a staggering 70 per cent of the residents in the area were affected by the vector-borne diseases. Amongst the samples sent from the Primary Health Centre (PHC) at Kaval Byrasandra, two tested positive for chikungunya …
The number of Dengue patients reported from Matara and Hambantota continues to increase, health authorities said. The number of dengue patients undergoing treatment at the Matara General Hospital is 22 and the majority of them are from the Tangalle Public health division. The number of dengue patients reported from the …
The dreaded dengue fever which has killed six people and affected hundreds so far this year is fast spreading in the Southern Province compelling educational authorities to close down seven schools in the province, Health Services Director Dr. J.B. Senarath said. He said the cases reported indicated a two fold …
