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 …
RAYAGADA: As many as four children have died of several water-borne diseases in Sanabacha village in Kashipur block within three weeks and 30 persons diagnosed with malaria in the same village. Kasipur CdPO Nalini Bairagi informed that the deceased have been identified as Bina Majhi (13), Binod Majhi (5), Nandini …
On a global tour to raise one million dollars for eradicating malaria, a single engined turboprop aircraft of Australia's GippsAero, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mahindra Aerospace, has arrived in Bangalore. The eight-seater GA8-TC Airvan, which took off from Bendigo in Victoria (Australia) on May 8 on a world tour, sponsored …
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 …
The US has selected Bangladesh as one of the eight 'Global Health Initiative (GHI) Plus' countries. As part of this global initiative, the US is investing $63 billion over six years to help partner countries improve health outcomes through strengthened health systems -- with a particular focus on improving the …
Rashmi Menon, Bangalore, June 18, DHNS: The arrival of monsoon seems to have brought in an unknown viral fever in the City. Apart from the usual suspects - dengue, malaria and chikungunya - hospitals are noticing people coming with viral syndrome. The doctors, however, are unable to identify the virus …
To prevent malaria from spreading in the city, an awareness camp was organised in the Mauli Jagran colony on Wednesday. District Family Officer Dr Rajiv Vadhera, while inaugurating the camp, said there was an urgent need to involve people in the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme. Malaria and State …
N. Gopal Raj After heading for eradication in the 1950s and 1960s, malaria has had a resurgence in India. Now a study that has just been published suggests that the most dangerous form of the disease could be at levels much higher than previously estimated. In 1953 when a national …
The epidemiology of malaria makes surveillance-based methods of estimating its disease burden problematic. Cartographic approaches have provided alternative malaria burden estimates, but there remains widespread misunderstanding about their derivation and fidelity. The aims of this study are to present a new cartographic technique and its application for deriving global clinical …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A total of 9,783 fever cases were reported in the state on Monday out of which 11 cases of dengue fever and two cases of malaria have been detected. Out of the 18 H1N1 cases detected on Monday, six are from Thiruvananthapuram, three from Kollam and Malappuram, two from …
As many as 565 cases of suspected malaria were reported from Picchaguntlahalli, Minajenahalli and Yalagondlahalli in the taluk between May 19 and June 13. Of them, 58 cases were found to be positive. According to Health Officer Dr Shridhar, the patients are being treated and a team of doctors have …
Following incidents of stomach pain, vomiting and fatigue among students after consuming tablets to prevent malaria, residents in the rural areas around KGF are apprehensive about consuming the pills. Students of Government Higher Primary School in Kammasandra were administered the tablets last Tuesday after cases of malaria were reported. One …
Rajahmundry, June 14: Health authorities are initiating measures to contain the outbreak of seasonal fevers like malaria, dengue, cholera, typhoid, gastro and others in both East and West Godavari districts as several parts in both the districts are witnessing rainfall for past few days. Drains are overflowing especially in urban …
June 13: Dispelling fears on the presence of malaria and cerebral malaria in the Agency division of the district, the district medical and health officer, Dr U. Swarajyalakshmi, said,
More than 70 students of Higher Primary School in Kammasandra took ill after they swallowed anti-malaria tablets on Tuesday. The Health Department staff had been distributing anti-malaria tablets in the village as the disease surfaced in the area recently. The tablets were distributed to students of fifth standard to seventh …
Mumbai: Stung by the fact that 60% of malarial deaths in the city last year were due to late diagnosis, as patients medicated themselves for fever instead of visiting a doctor, the civic body is taking no chances this time. And who better to rope in to ensure victims reach …
Although Anopheles funestus is difficult to rear, it is crucial to analyse field populations of this malaria vector in order to successfully characterise mechanisms of insecticide resistance observed in this species in Africa. In this study we carried out a large-scale field collection and rearing of An. funestus from Mozambique …
