PASIGHAT: The Pasighat district health department is going all out to control mosquito-transmitted diseases like malaria, dengue and recently detected Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in the district. Headed by the DMO Dr Kaling Dai, a team of doctors and officials in carrying outsource reduction activities followed by awareness programme, fogging and …
AURANGABAD: After taking charge as the Aurangabad division assistant director of health services, Sanjay Deshpande called on health officials to stress the need for a high level of preparation to tackle the outbreak of vector-borne diseases, which occurs in the monsoon. He warned that the weather is conducive to malaria, …
The Galle Municipal Council (GMC) has devised a massive dengue control program with a multi-sectoral approach aimed at preventing Dengue virus transmission and eliminating vector habitats in households and public places such as hospitals, schools, etc., Galle Acting Mayor Kelum Seneviratne said. He was addressing a media briefing on the …
Dengue has started spreading its tentacles in the city. Many dengue cases, including patients from the neighboring cities, have been reported from the local hospitals. Dengue is caused by mosquito bite. Researchers are working on dengue vaccines but the best preventive measure is to check mosquito breeding in the areas …
More than 2,000 dengue cases had been reported from all parts of the country last month while the total number reported from January to the end of May stood at 11,106, the Epidemiology Unit (EU) said yesterday. The EU said that in May last year there had been 2,614 cases …
Sindh Health Minister Dr Sagheer Ahmed on Thursday formed several committees to look into various health issues, particularly, the ‘brain-eating amoeba’ — naegleria fowleri — after the death of a man in Karachi, polio, which infected six children so far, the ongoing measles campaign and the dengue virus. The minister …
UDUPI: Buoyant by the success of the Systematic Voters' Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) initiative in creating awareness on the importance of voting among public, the district administration is planning such programme to curb vector-borne diseases too. Rain water often gets stagnated in various areas during rainy season making it …
Doctors said the virus manifests itself much stronger in adults, with longer episodes of the disease, than in children. Cases of chicken pox are on the rise in the capital, with nearly 300 cases already reported. The MCD’s Maharishi Valmiki Infectious Disease (MVID) hospital has confirmed the death of one …
Patients believed to be infected with Dengue, had been admitted to the Colombo South Teaching Hospital in large numbers, hospital sources said. They said child patients were common among patients with fever and two of the children’s wards had been filled with them. The Deputy Director of the Hospital, Dr. …
COIMBATORE: The city has reported six cases of dengue in the last 20 days. Doctors say cases of symptomatic dengue have steadily been increasing after the brief spell of rains last week. "In the last three days, we have had to admit at least three children, around five to six-year-olds, …
Public health authorities are worried about a confluence of events set to happen soon: Brazil is suffering the world’s worst epidemic of dengue fever, with 1.4 million cases last year. And the country is about to play host to the World Cup, which attracts tourists by the millions. Officials fear …
The Imaduwa Pradeshiya Sabha members requested the help of residents and officials to make Imaduwa a dengue free area. Imaduwa Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman A.V. Sarath Kumara said although dengue fever was spreading in some parts of the country, it had been controlled in the Imaduwa Pradeshiya Sabha. “No dengue death …
The recent finding that dengue fever has emerged in Houston, Texas—the first major United States city in modern times with autochthonous dengue—adds to previous evidence indicating that the Gulf Coast of the Southern US is under increasing threat from diseases thought previously to affect only developing countries.
The total number of dengue patients reported from all parts of the country during the past four months is 8,654. The highest number of dengue patients which is 3,049 was reported from the Colombo district. The most affected province is the Western Province, the Epidemiology Unit sources said. According to …
Acute encephalitis in eastern States such as Odisha and Jharkhand is caused by viruses of dengue and measles too, a latest study has revealed. The study, which was recently published in the Epidemiology and Infection Journal, has showed that though herpes simplex virus (HSV) was a dominant agent for acute …
Mortality rate is declining but not enough to meet Millennium Development Goal. India accounts for the maximum number of maternal deaths in the world — 17 per cent or nearly 50,000 of the 2.89 lakh women who died as a result of complications due to pregnancy or childbearing in 2013. …
The dengue virus is under control in the current season, and the Punjab Health Department is striving hard to eliminate it without foreign assistance. This was stated by Punjab Health department Additional Director General Vector-Borne Diseases Dr Jaffer Ilyas while talking to APP on Sunday. He said insecticide Temiphos and …
It wont be long before the dry spell is over and the rains come down on Guwahati. And once this happens, the city will once again come in the grasp of the ever increasing mosquitoes with the fear of a rehash of last year’s Dengue outbreak. If last year’s case …
As the world celebrates Malaria Day Friday, health officials have claimed that sustained efforts have brought down malaria cases in Bardez, but admit that unplanned urbanization has led to a spurt in dengue cases in the taluka. The Directorate of Health Services (DHS) has registered 1,530 cases of Malaria and …
After Verem-Betim and Nerul, the directorate of health services is battling the spread of dengue in Mapusa and Aldona. Four cases were reported in Mapusa and five in Aldona since January this year. Thick density of residential houses and erratic supply of potable water are the main reasons for the …
The district has come under the grip of various contagious diseases in most parts with it witnessing intermittent summer rains coupled with the searing heat in recent weeks. According to official figures, twenty cases of fever were reported from various parts of the district on Sunday alone, taking the number …
