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
New Experiment Shows Modified Parasites Can Be Used To Build Resistance In People
MUMBAI: One more person succumbed to malaria on Wednesday, taking the toll of monsoon-related ailments since July 1 to 42. According to civic health officials, the victim was a 30-year-old man from Matunga (W). He was admitted to civic-run Nair Hospital and diagnosed with mixed malaria. Ninety-three more patients were admitted to various hospitals with malaria.
While mosquitoes are creating havoc in Bangalore spreading dreaded dengue and chikungunya diseases, the BBMP has shown on records that a whopping Rs 15 crore has been spent to control mosquito menace in the last four years.
Health Minister Anoop Mishra today told the state Assembly that 17 patients were suffering from dengue at Selwa village in Balaghat district, while four deaths were suspected from the disease.
Pune As many as 87 dengue cases have been reported from different parts of Pimpri-Chinchwad so far in this month. Similarly, 102 persons have been affected by malaria till July 22. The figures of dengue and malaria cases in July are the highest for any month recorded by the medical department of the PCMC this year.
State health and civic officials have found the incidence of malaria, particularly the malignant variant, has increased in the city compared with last year, despite anti-mosquito drives by the civic body. The officials suspect patient resistance to the drug chloroquine is the main reason for the spurt in malaria cases.
THE government has decided to take off the shelves an anti-malarial drug, artemisinin, in India that is already banned the world over. Sold locally under several brands, the drug when used as a single drug can make malaria parasites resistant to the medicine.
In an attempt to prevent Aedes mosquito-borne diseases like dengue and chikungunya, a new technology developed by the Oxford University will be lab-tested in the country to check the breeding of the vectors following a green signal from the Union Government.
Deepal Trivedi, Ahmedabad July 19: Oxford University is all set to lab-test its technology in India to check breeding of vectors and thereby prevent mosquito-borne diseases like dengue and chikungunya in the country.
Pune The National Institute of Virology (NIV) has observed three types of dengue virus circulating in Pune and while this does not mean an increase in the severity of the disease, it most certainly means "more dengue related activity in the region and hence more cases."