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 …
Research on sterile mosquito technology from 1955 to the 1980s provided a substantial body of knowledge on propagation and release of sterile mosquitoes. Radiation sterilisation and chemosterilisation have been used effectively to induce dominant lethality and thereby sterilise important mosquito vectors in the laboratory.
Cyclone Phyan may have spared the city, but the downpour it caused didn't. The unexpected showers have made the civic health authorities worried about a fresh spurt in cases of malaria, which, they say, is now bound to rear its head in the city again. Hence, as a preventive measure, …
MUMBAI: The monthly Pulse Polio drive, which started on Sunday, covered 62% of city children, a percent less than the last drive. Of the total 13,10,000 children under the age of five, the BMC covered 8,09,000 children on Sunday. Dr Mangala Gomare, the civic in-charge of the drive, said that …
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to integrate its pulse polio campaign with the drive against malaria. This integrated approach will materialise from November 9 to 15. A working plan has been prepared for the health ambassadors, BMC's health officials, to visit 33 lakh households in the next …
Mumbai With the increasing number of malaria deaths in the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation will now screen potential malaria patients as part of its ongoing pulse polio drive. During the drive from November 8 to November 15, besides creating awareness about polio, the BMC will send trained health workers …
Chief Minister Digambar Kamat on Wednesday said Goa, which has the best parameters in the health sector in the entire country, could possibly dream of having a malaria-free State by working in tandem with other departments to achieve the not-too-impossible. Kamat was speaking as the chief guest at the inauguration …
The most clinically advanced malaria vaccine so far should be ready for use in three to five years after phase three trials began in May, researchers said on Tuesday. The vaccine
Assuming almost epidemic proportions in southern Bihar, cerebral malaria has caused the death of 34 children in Gaya district in a month while 115 children are undergoing treatment for the disease at a hospital there. The death of 34 children at the Anugraha Narayan Magadh Medical College and Hospital (ANMMCH) …
Climate change greatly increases the risk that the most basic rights of children in poor countries will not be met. These children are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of global warming and yet least to blame. Save the Children
New Delhi: There has been a rise in mosquito breeding in Delhi in the past one month with 352 cases of dengue being reported in the city till Friday. Civic agencies have started fogging in colonies. While MCD claims to have sprayed in 6.8 lakh houses till now and NDMC …
States that are Maoist strongholds have one more thing in common: they all appear to be malaria hotspots. The disease is finding a safe haven in these areas that lack development and effective governance to curb the disease. Seventy districts in Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, and Orissa face the menace.
The health department heaved a sigh of relief as the climate changed. Due to onset of winter number of dengue fever patients in the city has come down. As the night temperature is coming down number of mosquitoes that spread dengue fever has also reduced. It is said that all …
Oct. 26: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation will release about one lakh Gambusia species of fish in all major water bodies including Hussain Sagar to end the mosquito menace. The civic body is taking this step as all its other efforts to contain spread of mosquitoes failed. Gambusia fishes eat …
New Delhi: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has announced 76 grants for bold and innovative ideas to improve global health and three of them have been bagged by Indian researchers. Ranjan Nanda, K.V.S. Rao and Virander Chauhan of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology in Delhi have …
GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals (GSK) recently cut a deal with the Brazilian government, which allows it to supply a 10-valent vaccine against childhood pneumonia and other life-threatening infections for a decade at a fixed price in a reflection of the growing importance of vaccines and emerging markets to Big Pharma. The contract, …
Population density intensifies in every country around the world. Recent statistics shows (World total population Wikipedia) the total population in the world is around 6.78 billion people whereas in 100 years before the overall population was approximately 2.0 billion. 100 years ago most of the countries were dependent on agriculture. …
The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), principal recipient of the global fund to fight AIDS, TB and malaria in India, today announced the launch of
