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 …
But Dengue Mortality Rate Worries Docs Mumbai: The city has been reeling from the onslaught of dengue in the last three months but it is malaria that has turned out to be the bigger killer this year. While malaria claimed 17 lives in the four monsoon months, 12 people died …
Number of dengue patients has reached to 1,869, in Sindh till Wednesday while 10 people have lost their lives in its wake. According to figures released on Wednesday by Provincial Dengue Cell, the provincial capital has the most number of patients as 1,634 people had been diagnosed suffering from the …
Seventy one more patients tested positive for the dengue virus in Punjab during the last 24 hours. Of them, 33 patients were reported in the provincial capital alone. The government hospitals of the city witnessed a rush of patients with the symptoms of dengue fever. According to an official, the …
Total number of Dengue patients, within the province of Sindh, has reached to 1869 till Wednesday while 10 people lost their lives of this deadly disease. According to figures released here on Wednesday by Provincial Dengue Cell provincial capital has the most number of patients as 1634 people had been …
Sri Lanka experienced the largest epidemic of dengue fever with as many as 70,000 cases and almost 600 deaths during the years 2009 and 2010. The Health Ministry of the government of Sri Lanka, undertook measures to contain the dengue epidemic by establishing the ‘Presidential Task Force for Dengue Control’ …
The number of dengue cases in Delhi has risen to 4,618 from 4,402 on October 28, a municipal health official said on Monday. The vector-borne disease has claimed six lives but no fatality has been reported in the past week. An additional 53 cases have been reported from the rest …
The number of dengue cases in the capital has been rising at a slower rate so far this month as compared to October, municipal health officials said. According to official reports from the civic agencies, the death of a 28-year-old man who had been admitted to Rockland Hospital has been …
Twenty-nine more people were tested dengue positive on Monday, taking the number of confirmed cases in the province to 1,105. Out of 29 new cases, 19 were reported from Holy Family Hospital Rawalpindi and two each from Mayo Hospital, Children’s Hospital and Sargimed Hospital in Lahore and Benazir Bhutto Hospital …
It’s official. This year’s dengue outbreak in the country was the worst in at least six years, with 55,063 cases reported till October 28. According to health ministry data, the number of dengue cases has been rising since 2008 — when the count was 12,561 — dipping only in 2011. …
There is much uncertainty about the future impact of climate change on vector-borne diseases. Such uncertainty reflects the difficulties in modelling the complex interactions between disease, climatic and socioeconomic determinants. We used a comprehensive panel dataset from Mexico covering 23 years of province-specific dengue reports across nine climatic regions to …
Disease not confined to poorer areas; more than 50% cases reported from non-slum pockets. Nandkishor Sathe (name changed) had a bout of vomiting after two days of viral fever. A test showed that his platelet count had dropped alarmingly. Internal bleeding landed him in hospital. He recovered only after two …
KANPUR: Despite the dip in temperature, denizens are yet to get any respite from dengue here in the industrial city. With 18 new cases reported on Wednesday, the total number of dengue cases this season reached 565, the highest in the state. Dr Atul Garg from microbiology department of Ganesh …
Gem mining in Seethawaka river has been taken over by the Sri Lankan government, National Gem and Jewellery Authority (NGJA). According to Director General Janaka Udaya Kumara, this decision was taken to prevent illegal gem mining in the Thalduwa area of Seethawaka river. Read more in this October 2013 edition …
The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) and Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) have begun working on a feasibility study for the construction of waste water treatment plants on the Ravi river at two sites at an amount of Rs 486 million. Read more in this October 2013 edition of the Monthly …
Doctors of the microbiology department of the Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College (GSVM) confirmed 16 new dengue cases on Monday. With this, the number of dengue cases here has gone up to 547. Dr Atul Grag of GSVM's microbiology department said that among the 16 new cases, seven have …
There is no let-up in dengue spread, as over 60 dengue patients are under treatment in various hospitals across the province at present. Sources claimed that as many as 671 confirmed dengue patients had been reported in Punjab so far as against 9,000 dengue patients in KP and 2,600 dengue …
The dengue virus type 2 (DENV-2) is currently predominant among the three serotypes of the virus co-circulating in Pune, scientists at the city-based National Institute of Virology (NIV) have found. DENV-2 causes severe infection. The scientists identified the serotype in a molecular study on 51 blood samples till October of …
Climate change : Evidence, impact on vector borne diseases and remedial measures - A presentation by Ramesh C Dhiman at the 4th National Research Conference on Climate Change, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, October 26-27, 2013.
The state is witnessing a spurt in dengue cases with at least 2,136 persons already been tested positive for the disease this year. This is the highest figure in the past seven years and has surpassed the figure of 2010 when 1,823 persons were tested positive. The health department has …
Cases of dengue fever have shown a steep rise in the city between August and October with the Diagnostic and Research Laboratory (DRL) confirming 2,273 dengue cases till Oct 24. The district health officials blamed ineffective fumigation campaign for the continuous rise in the cases of deadly disease. Inquiries made …
