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 …
A total of 157 cases of dengue virus have been reported in Sindh, of which 156 cases were reported in Karachi while one from Hyderabad. This was stated at a meeting of Health Department which reviewed the pre-cautionary arrangements to protect people from the attack of dengue virus in the …
The garbage crisis, which the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) claimed to have mitigated in the last 24 hours, is likely to worsen with residents of Mandur deciding on a blockade on Monday. Agitated by the amount of garbage being dumped at the landfill off Bangalore-Hoskote Road near Begur Cross, …
Hospitals in the district have seen a sharp rise in the number of patients getting admitted with symptoms of dengue in recent days. People in the thousands, especially children, are showing symptoms of dengue like high fever, cough, fatigue and body pain. Sixty five of the total 149 suspected dengue …
The prevalence of dengue is more in Delhi compared to any other part of the country. In 2010, not only the total number of dengue cases in the city went up manifold but the cases were far more spread out geographically compared to the previous two years. These facts were …
With the city recording nine cases of dengue, over a hundred cases of malaria and several of cholera this season, the deficient rain seems to be offering no solace to the health department which is now gearing up to take the full onslaught of vector and water-borne diseases that plague …
Plans state-of-the-art lab costing Rs 50 lakh to test suspected cases The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will reach out to 20 lakh people in the next 10 days as part of its dengue awareness drive. It will also set up a laboratory on the lines of National Institute of …
The BMC on Thursday said media reports claiming a sharp rise in the incidence of sensitive diseases may have caused alarm. For instance, malaria cases in the city have dropped drastically, it said, adding that the number of dengue and typhoid cases too are in sharp variance with claims made …
We examined changes in the abundance of immature Aedes aegypti at the household and water storage container level during the dry-season (June-July, 2008) in Tri Nguyen village, central Vietnam. Original Source
It took a decade for the biotechnology firm Oxitec to develop genetically modified mosquitoes whose progeny die before they can spread dengue fever. But it took only three months for Mila de Mier to gather 100,000 names from people opposed to the release of the mosquitoes in Key West, Florida, …
New Delhi: As the city welcomes the monsoon, it’s not all reason to rejoice. Accompanying the rain each year is dengue, malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases. This year, there have been five confirmed cases of dengue and 86 cases of malaria, which is almost the double the number of cases …
Sri Lanka will implement a four-year program to detect and identify areas with a high risk of dengue spread and identify dengue patients early. The project, to be carried out under the direct purview of the Chief Epidemiologist, aims to develop an early warning system for dengue in the country …
COLOMBO: Police arrested 53 people for failing to eliminate stagnant water and other mosquito breeding grounds as Sri Lanka tries to prevent dengue fever, which has infected thousands already this year. Police, army and health officers searched 11,500 houses in the capital Colombo over seven hours on Sunday, police spokesman …
Dengue is a vector borne disease transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus. The incidence of the disease is increasing worldwide and currently 40 per cent of the global population is at risk of the infection. The number of cases in the WHO Southeast Asia region surged nearly 70 per …
Transmission of dengue virus depends on the presence of Aedes mosquito. Mosquito generation and development is known to be influenced by the climate. This study was carried out to examine whether the climatic factors data can be used to predict yearly dengue cases of Dhaka city, Bangladesh.
JAIPUR: Climate change is expected to adversely impact human health in the state by increasing the risk of exposure to vector, water- and food-borne diseases. It can also aggravate malnutrition and increase mortality and morbidity associated with changes in intensity and frequency of extreme events. Potential impacts of climate change …
Sri Lanka's Ministry of Health has warned that Dengue has now entered a pandemic stage as the resurgence of the mosquito-borne menace has killed 80 people and affected 14,500 others during the first six months of the year. A Health Ministry official has told local media that all government hospitals …
A total of 2,566 persons in the State were afflicted with dengue fever and 36 succumbed to the disease, according to the Health Department. Similarly, 204 persons in the State have so far been infected with A (H1N1) and five had so far died of the infection. The announcement followed …
Kuala Lumpur: A Malaysian prince is promoting an “upstream” technology that can put an end to the dengue menace affecting thousands of people in many countries, including India. Tunku Naquiyuddin Ja’afar, son of the late 10th King of Malaysia, was recently in the Philippines to present his new organic pesticide …
Lahore—In last three months, as many as 299 suspected cases of dengue have been reported throughout the Punjab out of which only 05 have so far been confirmed. This was revealed in a seminar arranged by Punjab health department in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) on “Prevention and …
The Tamil Nadu government has allotted Rs 1.20 crore for Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital exclusively to improve the infrastructure and medical facilities for dengue patients, said Dean M Manoharan. Speaking to newsmen at the Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital on Monday, Dean Manoharan said that 1977 persons had undergone treatment so …
