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 …
The District health Department is all set to fumigate the rural areas of the capital from Monday as part of preventive measures against malaria and dengue fever. According to a press statement, District Health Officer (DHO) Dr Amirzada Khan said the fumigation would be started from Bhara Kahu. He said …
Avian malaria also responsible for decline in vulture numbers diclofenac poisoning may not be the sole cause for the drastic decline of vulture populations in central and south India. A two-year long study says avian malaria had a part to play as well. The population of the Indian white-backed vulture …
Research from a savannah area in Mali shows that satellites can reveal the environmental factors that trigger the biological cycles of both the Plasmodium falciparum parasite and its host the Anopheles mosquito. Remote sensing data of vegetation accurately predicted climate trends affecting both the parasite and the mosquito and could …
The risk of Plasmodium falciparum infection is variable over space and time and this variability is related to environmental variability. Environmental factors affect the biological cycle of both vector and parasite. Despite this strong relationship, environmental effects have rarely been included in malaria transmission models. Remote sensing data on environment …
The Health Care and Nutrition Ministry will formulate a disaster management scheme to protect the hospital system as part of the World Health Day program on April 7. Health Care and Nutrition Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva disclosed this at the seminar held in connection with the forthcoming World Health …
Agartala, April 5: Tripura government has started the extensive use of Artesunate Combination Therapy (ACT), a second generation drug against malaria in Tripura while setting a target to distribute six lakh mosquito-nets before the next monsoon, besides spraying DDT in sensitive locations of the state at least for the next …
Preventive measures not enough With the onset of summer, cases of malaria and dengue are on rise in the district. The Health Department and the administration requires serious preventive measures to provide proper medical care and facilities to the patients. Four confirmed dengue and 214 malaria cases have come to …
Integrated Disease Vector Control (IDVC) project had its beginning in Kheda district of Gujarat way back in 1983. With the demonstrated success of malaria control using environmental approaches in select villages of Nadiad Taluka, the project jointly funded by the Indian Council of Medical Research and Ministry of Health and …
Mosquitoes are getting better at evading pest control for long mosquitoes have been resisting pest control. They are only getting better at it. From 1977 to 1997, India spent more than a quarter of its health budget on malaria control. Yet it remains a formidable public health challenge in the …
Kaushik Chakravarthy, Bangalore, DH News Service: Doctors and Public Health Bodies in the city are preparing themselves for summer outbreaks and have suggested a series of precautions. A Joint Monitoring Committee comprising health officers of the BBMP, executive engineers from the BWSSB and officials from the BMP has been set …
BHUBANESWAR: An Innovative technique which can do wonders for malaria control programme through vector monitoring has been devised by the Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) here. The molecular biology technique can identify species, their host preference, parasite presence and drug resistance. All at one go, thereby saving on both resources …
For the past nine years, the drug company Novartis has been selling Coartem, one of the most effective antimalarials on the market, to public-health officials in the developing world at a loss totaling more than $253 million
Malaria control in Africa is most tractable in urban settlements yet most research has focused on rural settings. Elimination of malaria transmission from urban areas may require larval control strategies that complement adult mosquito control using insecticide-treated nets or houses, particularly where vectors feed outdoors.
The populations of three species of Gyps vultures have shown a decline of more than 95% between 1988 and 1999 in the Indian subcontinent and are now classified as
LONDON - Researchers say they have identified genes that make some African malaria-carrying mosquitoes resistant to insecticide, and hope the breakthrough could boost efforts to prevent the deadly disease. Knowing which genes help the mosquitoes dodge pesticides could point to ways to make better ones that are safer for people, …
The National Vector Borne Diseases Control Programme, Government of India and Government of Goa with the NIMR, Government of India along with other bodies namely the Goa University, Voluntary Health Association of Goa, Goa Medical College and others will now be working together for three years as partners for evidence-based …