World malaria report 2022
Each year, WHO’s World malaria report offers in-depth information on the latest trends in malaria control and elimination at global, regional and country levels. The report highlights progress towards
Each year, WHO’s World malaria report offers in-depth information on the latest trends in malaria control and elimination at global, regional and country levels. The report highlights progress towards
Kurla, once one of the city
There has been a considerable rise in monsoon-related diseases like malaria in city hospitals over the past week. BMC hospitals have recorded 258 gastro-related cases in the past six days.
The debate regarding dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) in malaria prevention and human health is polarized and can be classified into three positions: anti-DDT, centrist-DDT, pro-DDT. The authors attempted
Climate change and associated increases in climate variability will likely further exacerbate global health disparities. More research is needed, particularly in developing countries, to accurately predict
The Colombo City is facing the worst dengue epidemic ever Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) said yesterday revealing that there had been 195 cases reported this month. CMC which dropped a bomb shell, said in and round the National Hospital Colombo, Military Hospital and vicinity of the Colombo Port had been identified as the major mosquito breeding grounds in the city. There had been 885 repor
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is aiming to reduce the deaths by malaria in the metropolis to a two-digit number this monsoon. The toll was reduced from 198 in 2009 to 145 in 2010, said additional commissioner Manisha Mhaiskar yesterday. "We are aiming to bring the number of deaths to a two-digit figure, if not zero, this monsoon," said Mhaiskar, speaking at a seminar on malaria erad
TEZPUR, May 18
Last year, malaria claimed 145 victims and affected nearly 77,000 in the city.
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has made it mandatory for all city hospitals to report dengue and chikungunya cases online. Nodal officers of all 596 hospitals in the city will provide the exact figures of people hit by dengue and chikungunya, who are undergoing treatment there.
To sensitise principals of all municipal, government, private schools and nodal officers of colleges in the New Delhi Municipal Council area about prevention and containment of vector borne disease, the civic body's health department organised an awareness programme this past week. About 250 representatives from various school and colleges participated in the programme. An NDMC official said