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 …
Four studies previously indicated that the effect of malaria infection during pregnancy on the risk of low birthweight (LBW; <2,500 g) may depend upon maternal nutritional status. The researchers investigated this dependence further using a large, diverse study population. Original Source
As the country, especially the southern parts, witnesses an outbreak of various vector-borne infections, the ministry of health and family welfare has created an online repository of campaign materials and programmes rolled out by individual states in their respective languages. The repository is available on the website of the Directorate …
Despite dramatic progress against it, malaria still kills nearly half a million people a year, over 90 percent of them children in sub Saharan Africa. Almost all those deaths are preventable. A study published today in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene found that rapid-testing to distinguish malaria …
MEWAT: At a time when the state government is working towards making Haryana malaria free, Mewat district has reported 1,138 confirmed cases till July 31. What's worse, the district health department does not have enough personnel to deal with the situation, and has been forced to ask health department staffers …
NEW DELHI: A panel of experts set up by Delhi high court to look into the problem of solid waste management in the city has recommended change in the bylaws to include heavy fines for littering and compulsory segregation of waste in every household. In a proposal submitted in HC …
Kenya's health ministry said Wednesday it has secured 335.63 million U.S. dollars from the Global Fund for HIV, TB and Malaria after its technical review panel has approved the government funding request. The ministry said in a statement the funding application was found to be technically sound and strategically focused. …
Commissioners ticked off for seeking an exemption The Delhi High Court on Wednesday questioned the efficacy of the steps taken by the civic bodies to ensure cleanliness, given the rising cases of vector-borne diseases like malaria in the Capital. “Dengue, chikungunya and malaria are on the rise. What is the …
The overall goal of the Malaria Control Programme (MCP) in the country is to reduce malaria morbidity and mortality by 75 per cent by the year 2020, Mrs Gloria Quansah Asare, Deputy Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has disclosed. Mrs Asare, who made the disclosure at a National …
Manicaland Province has the highest malaria morbidity and mortality in Zimbabwe, with Chipinge District contributing 34 percent of the figures. Nyanga comes second with 18 percent. Speaking at belated Manicaland Provincial World Malaria Day commemorations at Emmanuel High School in Nyanga yesterday, Manicaland Provincial Medical Director Dr Patron Mafaune, whose …
Nairobi — The Global Fund Technical Review Panel has approved Kenya's Funding request for $335,631,852, which was submitted on May 23 this year. Kenya's funding application was found to be technically sound and strategically focused. The panel also recommended that Kenya proceeds with the grant making process. The revelation was …
Celeste is a 30-year-old widow mother of two from the poor suburbs of Maputo, Mozambique’s capital. She is HIV-positive, and since her husband died from an Aids-related illness last year, she has no way of supporting herself, though she tries to help her mother work her small vegetable patch. One …
The Chinese government has donated up to $ 1.8 million to South Sudan’s ministry of health to fight cholera and malaria in the country. The donation was handed over by the Chinese embassy in South Sudan to government officials in the war-torn nation on Saturday. During the occasion, the South …
Ghana has recorded significant improvement in reducing malaria prevalence among infants between six months and 59 months, according to the Ghana Malaria Indicator Survey launched here on Thursday. The survey, compiled by the Ghana Statistical Service with support from the National Malaria Control Program and the Ghana Health Service, observed …
Private hospitals on the city outskirts in Ranga Reddy district are also seeing more cases of malaria. Hyderabad: The Fever Hospital has recorded a 20 per cent increase in the number of cases of malaria as compared to 2016. The hospital has recorded 20 cases in the first 10 days …
At least 10 people die every day in Delhi of tuberculosis, a curable disease, exposing a huge healthcare deficit in the national capital. Nearly 47% of the deaths are of people in the productive age group of 15 to 44 years. This data, an average of TB deaths in 2014 …
Coimbatore: The National Institute of Malaria Research (Nimr), a research institution of the Indian Council of Medical Research (Icmr), is planning to set up a malaria research centre on the Coimbatore Medical College (CMC) campus. A three-member team from Icmr will survey CMC premises on Wednesday to assess the feasibility …
Doctors and authorities now fear that the number of cases will rise with coming monsoon. As per the MeT department, there will be continuous showers in the coming few weeks, leading to more cases of vector-borne diseases, As many as 30 fresh cases of dengue were reported in Delhi last …
Scientists in The Gambia have come up with new innovative solutions to help stop the spread of malaria. They have built 800 homes to see if specific architectural design can prevent the disease from spreading.
A total 379 cases of swine flu have been reported till July 15, out of malaria accounts for 369. Watch out! Monsoon has brought its share of travails and the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) fears a rise in both vector- and water-borne diseases. According to health experts in the civic …
With cases of vector-borne diseases surfacing early this year in the national Capital, the latest weekly municipal report has put the number of people diagnosed with malaria at 210 with around 26 new cases in the last week in the city. The cumulative figures for dengue and chikungunya this year …
