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 …
Dengue, the world’s most rapidly spreading mosquito-borne viral disease, is taking a far bigger human toll than was believed to be the case. As many as 390 million people across the globe could be falling victim to the virus each year, according to a multinational study published by Nature on …
Fiji has recorded 141 cases of dengue fever for the first three months of this year, local media reported Sunday. The cases has been reported from the central, western and the northern divisions, with the north recording the highest, Health Ministry spokesman Shalvin Deo told the Fiji Times, adding that …
The Ministry of Health has confirmed that 55,910 people have been detected with dengue disease, out of which 41 patients died due to the epidemic. Nearly 821 people remain hospitalised and 49 of them are in the Intensive Care Unit due to their serious health condition, the ministry said yesterday. …
Dengue is a systemic viral infection transmitted between humans by Aedes mosquitoes. For some patients, dengue is a life-threatening illness. There are currently no licensed vaccines or specific therapeutics, and substantial vector control efforts have not stopped its rapid emergence and global spread. The contemporary worldwide distribution of the risk …
The World Bank on Wednesday (27) approved a concessionary loan of US$ 200 million, at an interest rate of 1.25 percent, to Sri Lanka for the Health Sector Development Project to help the government upgrade the standards of performance of the public health system and enable it to better respond …
Australians have achieved a major breakthrough in controlling dengue and hope to transfer this not-for-profit technology to India, which is recording some of the highest number of dengue cases in the world. The Eliminate Dengue Research Programme (EDRP) has found that by transferring the Wolbachia bacteria, found in the common …
The World Bank approved yesterday a concessionary loan of US $ 200 million to Sri Lanka for the Second Health Sector Development Project (SHSDP) to help the Sri Lankan government to upgrade the standards of performance of the public health system and enable it to better respond to the challenges …
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat high court on Thursday asked the state government to find out which private hospitals deny treatment to swine flu patients. Justice Anant Dave even inquired what action can be taken against such hospitals for such gestures. Earlier this week, TOI had reported that various private hospitals refuse to …
Apart from major seasonal diseases like malaria, dengue and chikungunya, H1N1 or commonly known as swine flu poses a new challenge to the government with the evolution of its virus changing every year, leading to uncertainties in its outbreak. The government has not been able to take a call on …
Muktsar, March 4: Dengue and malaria cases, which have kept the health authorities in Muktsar district on their toes for years, came down considerably last year. As per data of the health department, dengue cases came down from 405 in 2011 to five in 2012. In 2010, there were 100 …
New Delhi:As many as 247 people died due to dengue in India last year. Latest data on the disease prevalence released by the health ministry also shows a significant rise in the incidence of dengue — from 18,860 cases in year 2011 to 49,606 in 2012. About 1,700 dengue cases …
Lahore—Punjab University continued campaign against dengue on Monday and PU Dengue Research Group team visited various sites around the student hostels. The team comprised Chairman Dengue Research Group Prof Dr Saeed, Akhter Chairman Hall Council Prof Dr Muhammad Akhter, Chief Medical Officer Dr Nauman Ahmed, Additional Registrar II Malik Zaheer …
Punjab Environment Secretary Muhammad Anwar Rashid has underlined the need for the establishment of District Committees, comprising the Health and Environment departments officers in the division under Hospital Waste Management Rules 2005 (HWMRs) to monitor the disposal of hospital/clinical waste on scientific lines. Presiding over a meeting here, the Punjab …
Animals and plants brought to Europe from other parts of the world are a bigger-than-expected threat to health and the environment costing at least $16 billion a year, a study said on Thursday. More than 10,000 "alien" species have gained a foothold in Europe, from Asian tiger mosquitoes to North …
Dengue poses a substantial economic and disease burden in Southeast Asia (SEA). Quantifying this burden is critical to set policy priorities and disease-control strategies.
The Bombay High Court on Thursday directed the state government and the civic body to file a reply to a petition seeking action from civic authorities to ensure prompt measures to tackle dengue in the city and take steps to make it a notifiable disease. Demanding the state government and …
PUNE: A 61-year-old woman from Khutgaon village in Pune district died on Monday due to dengue haemorrhagic fever at the KEM Hospital, a civic health official said on Tuesday. This is the fifth dengue death confirmed by the Pune Municipal Corporation since January. While a 23-year-old man from Solapur district …
Mumbai:The H1N1 virus may be back in circulation but it is actually malaria and dengue that is plaguing Mumbaikars. According to BMC data, 693 people contracted malaria and 94 were treated for dengue in January. None of the vector-borne ailments claimed any lives. Physicians said it is common to treat …
As four more of Government Siddha Medical College test positive Four students of the Government Siddha Medical College have tested positive to dengue fever, raising the on-campus tally to 12. Students have been working closely with health authorities to contain the outbreak of the disease in pockets of the district. …
Local epidemiology of Dengue is defined by the genetic diversity of the circulating Dengue virus (DENV) strains. This important information is not available for the virus strains from most parts of the Indian subcontinent. The present study focused on the genetic diversity of the serotype 3 DENV strains (DENV-3) from …
