Culex quinquefasciatus is a peridomestic mosquito known for its ability to transmit pathogenic diseases such as filariasis and Japanese encephalitis. The development and use of novel and innovative vector control measures such as the utilization of Wolbachia, along with the existing ones, are necessary to prevent the transmission of these …
BHUBANESWAR: With the industrial belt of Angul district under the grip of a suspected dengue outbreak, the State Government has gone into the damage control mode. A team of experts from the Malaria and Vector Borne Diseases Control Programme led by Joint Director (Filaria) has been sent to the affected …
LUCKNOW: With 512 children succumbing to the dreaded Japanese Encephalitis/ Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in Gorakhpur Medical College alone this year, the demand for a National Encephalitis Eradication Programme gets louder in eastern UP. The deadly virus has claimed more than 10,000 lives in the belt since 2006. And, even …
KOCHI: The district Health authority reported 40.1 per cent achievement of Mass Drug Administration (MDA) against filaria on Sunday. The drugs were administered to 12,36,730 people. In a mop up round on Monday and Tuesday, after the house-to-house distribution of the drugs on Sunday, offices in the city would be …
Mass drug administration against the disease from December 5 to 10 Awareness rally for Mass Drug Administration against filariaris being taken out in the city on Friday KOCHI: A rally was taken out here on Friday to create awareness about the mass drug administration against filaria to held from December …
Tiruvannamalai: Public health authorities in this district see the light at the end of the long tunnel as the district is moving one step closer to eradication of filariasis, with no new cases are reported since the beginning of this year. Tiruvannamalai is one of the 13 filariasis-endemic districts in …
Village nurses and sanitary inspectors assigned to monitor Health department launches a poster campaign to sensitise people to preventive measures Hospitals told to report cases of A (H1N1) flu, dengue, malaria and filariasis to health officials TIRUCHI: The Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine has launched a surveillance to …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Health Department has started a threeday polio eradication campaign in the Capital city by way of mass administration of diethyl carbomazine (DEC) drug among the people under the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation. The campaign was launched by Health Minister Prasanna Acharya by administering the dose along with albendazole …
June 24: The district administration has constituted mandal-level teams to take preventive measures to check the outbreak of seasonal diseases like diarrhoea, cholera, malaria, filarial and jaundice in the monsoon season. Mandal teams will work under the supervision of mandal development officers, most importantly in rural areas. Staff working in …
CUTTACK: Mosquito menace in the millennium city refuses to go, the harsh summer this year notwithstanding. The density of mosquitoes has been unusually high across the city despite the fact that the hot and dry conditions cause a substantial depletion in their population. A joint survey, carried out by the …
Dar es Salaam has an extensive drain network, mostly with inadequate water flow, blocked by waste, causing flooding after rainfall. The presence of Anopheles and Culex larvae is common, which is likely to impact the transmission of lymphatic filariasis and malaria by the resulting adult mosquito populations. However, the importance …
Madhya Pradesh plans to launch a mass anti-filaria drug administration programme to curb a disease spread by culex mosquito bite which causes permanent swelling of a patient's hands and feet. "Even healthy persons may carry germs of filaria. Therefore, a mass drug administration programme will be held across the state …
The neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), which affect the very poor, pose a major public health problem in the South-East Asia Region of the World Health Organization (WHO). Although more than a dozen NTDs affect the region, over the past five years four of them in particular
Madurai Bureau Eradication move: Deputy Director (Health Services) S. Uma, right, distributing DEP tablets at Alwarthirunagari in Tuticorin district on Sunday. Tuticorin: In a bid to combat the transmission of lymphatic filariasis, staffers from the Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine have undertaken a massive drug administration drive at …
TIRUCHI: An estimated 21.67 lakh people in Tiruchi district were targeted for coverage under a mass drug administration programme on February 28 as part of the lymphatic filariasis control measure. Di-ethyl carbamazine citrate (DEC) tablets would be distributed door-to-door through volunteers during the day. The programme is being conducted in …
The Institute of Applied Dermatology (IAD) at Kasargod in Kerala claims to be the first in the country to have found an integrated treatment for filariasis or elephantiasis. After a decade of research, IAD has now come out with a cost effective therapy which has helped hundreds of patients. Chief …
Dr R K Shenoy Filariasis is a disease transmitted through mosquito bites resulting in longstanding swelling of the limbs, especially legs, and hydrocele. The adult worms are located in the lymph vessels, which are damaged by the parasite. Lymph vessel damage is the cause of future development of disease. Millions …
As part of the exercise to completely eliminate filarial from the State, the Directorate of Health services will undertake the Mass Drug Administration in South Goa district from November 11. This was decided after a meeting the representatives of health services had with the district collector, G P Naik on …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: As part of National Filaria Day, which falls on November 11, a Lymphatic Filarisis Elimination programme with mass drug administration of DEC and albendazole tablets among the entire population of 11 districts viz, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Palakkad, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Kannur and Kasargod will be conducted. Children …
Drug administrators from the Directorate of Health Services with the support of various NGOs and voluntary organisations will fan out door-to-door across Goa to administer filaria tablets in an effort to meet the target of wiping out the disease completely by 2010 from the face of the State. Addressing a …
