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 …
Experts Say Improvement Likely Only In December Disease specialists in the city are a worried lot, with the fresh spell of rains and so is the municipal health department. They expect that the fresh rain spell will lead to more number of cases of dengue, malaria and chikungunya — if …
Four persons were tested positive for dengue here on Tuesday, taking the total number of cases to 50 this year. In the first three weeks of September, about half-a-dozen people have tested positive for dengue every week, according to government data. Dengue has led to three deaths in Bhopal this …
Jaipur: With limited resources, the Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) along with the health department started the fogging drive in the city to check the spread of seasonal diseases. The JMC started anti-larval fogging in ward number 44 on Monday. Sanitation committee chairman Roshan Saini claimed, “Our target is to cover …
Children of six VDCs in Bara district are at high-risk of malaria. According to the District Health Office, Bara, children of Amlekhgunj, Rampurawa, Amawa, Pheta, Basantapur and Prasauni VDCs are at high risk of malaria. Participants at a programme here on Monday said it was necessary to go to school …
JAIPUR: The health department along with Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) began fogging two days ago to prevent mosquitoes from breeding. The city has only one fogging machine, which had not been repaired. Now, the JMC has repaired it and started fogging in the city. Sawai Man Singh hospital spokesperson Dr …
Urgent calls have been made for improved understanding of changes in coverage of maternal, newborn, and child health interventions, and their country-level determinants. The researchers examined historical trends in coverage of interventions with proven effectiveness, and used them to project rates of child and neonatal mortality in 2035 in 74 …
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has generated a country-wide ‘public health alert’ to stop the use of substandard insecticides, fearing that the WHO-approved products will no longer be effective to eliminate mosquitoes spreading dengue virus if this practice is not checked immediately. It has particularly addressed the Punjab government to …
The civic health body has recorded more than 200 cases of malaria every week since June. In September, 437 cases have been registered till date. While July recorded 1,076 cases of malaria, 1,302 cases were reported in August. BMC's deputy chief executive health officer, Dr Mangala Gomare said a steady …
New Delhi: Giving crowd sourcing a whole new meaning, scientists at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have initiated a countrywide venture to build a chemical library with diverse compounds that will successfully drive drug discovery programmes, particularly for neglected diseases like tuberculosis and malaria. CSIR had launched …
Mumbai: Three wards in the city have reportedly witnessed a sudden spurt in dengue cases in the last seven days. Doctors from Bhandup, Vikhroli, Vile Parle, Khar and Goregaon have already alerted the BMC about the rise. Civic executive health officer Dr Arun Bamne also confirmed about being told about …
Against figures issued by government, the number of dengue affected in the city is manifold. This can be estimated from the fact that private physicians are seeing at least 2-3 dengue positive cases each day. “My average OPD (outpatient department) attendance is of 50 patients. In the last 15 days, …
Co-infection Making Treatment Difficult Lucknow: Of all the dengue cases being reported in the city, around 10% belong to the rare ‘concurrent’ category wherein the ailment co-exists with malaria and vectors of both try to overpower each other. Microbiology department of Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of medical has recorded …
Bangladesh has successfully reduced deaths from malaria by 60 per cent, a target it had originally set to achieve by 2015, experts said at a roundtable in Dhaka on Sunday, reports BSS. Well-coordinated efforts of the government, NGOs and the media helped the country achieve the success by 2012, they …
The H1N1 influenza has emerged as the biggest killer in Maharashtra this year cl-a-i-ming three times the number of lives taken by dengue and malaria put together, and six times if compared individually. Initially termed as swine flu, the virus has also shown a worryingly high mortality rate with almost …
At least three persons, including a two-year-old, have allegedly died of diarrhoea at Dagamaha and Taparangia villages under Kandhamal's Daringibadi block in the last one week. Several others are reportedly suffering from the water-borne disease in these villages. While two persons of a family died at Taparangia village, a two-year-old …
Experts trying to find reasons for the steep rise in illnesses spread by mosquitoes in the city over the last two years have squarely blamed patients who don't complete the prescribed course of medication and private clinics who refuse to follow the new drug policy. In the case of malaria, …
In an attempt to check infant mortality rate, Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illnesses (IMNCI) programme was launched in city on Thursday with an objective to train basic health workers including ANMs and ASHAs to provide better medical care to newborn to save their lives. The most challenging part …
The state government on Monday submitted the status report to the Gujarat high court on the action taken by authorities to prevent diseases during monsoon. The government has said that no death due to dengue and malaria has been reported this monsoon in public hospitals in the city. The state …
With cases of vector-borne diseases increasing in the state, the health department is anticipating that the window period for mosquito-borne diseases would increase this year due to early and good rainfall. At present, cases of common cold, viral fever and malaria with similar symptoms are being reported in the state …
Seven Cases Of Cholera, 11 Of Dengue Seen In Week The city continues to reel under an onslaught of water- and vectorborne diseases despite a brief lull in rainfall over the past week. Over 500 people had to be hospitalized with gastroenteritis and malaria over the duration of a week. …
