World malaria report 2023
<p>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).</p>
Malaria
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Health insurance a growing segment in India: Report
Health insurance in India is a growing segment, yet it hasn't taken off fully and several measures are needed to improve and expand insurance coverage, according to the National Health Profile 2018 released
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Young Ugandan wins prestigious Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation
Brian Gitta, 24, has reportedly become the first Ugandan to win the prestigious Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, after he invented a device which tests malaria without drawing blood. According
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29 malaria, 24 dengue cases in Delhi: Report
NEW DELHI: Five fresh cases of malaria have been reported in the past week in the national capital, taking the total number of people affected by the vector-borne disease this season to 29, according to
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Hepatitis C: The silent killer
A lack of symptoms makes the diagnosis and treatment of this viral disease difficult. Improved awareness is the only recourse. Hepatitis C kills more people every year than malaria and tuberculosis,
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Malaria Drug May Fall Short for Children, Pregnant Women
The most widely used antimalarial therapy may not fully treat some children and pregnant women, according to a new study. These patients' bloodstreams contained lower concentrations of one active ingredient
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24 malaria, 23 dengue cases reported till now
Three fresh cases of malaria have been reported in the past week in the capital, taking the total number of people affected by the vector-borne disease this season to 24, one more than the total number
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Project Last Mile improves access to life-saving medicines in Africa
Project Last Mile (PLM) is a unique example of how public, private, civil society and academic partners can come together to help governments create and accelerate positive impact on global health.
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The decline of malaria in Vietnam, 1991–2014
<p>Despite the well-documented clinical efficacy of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) against malaria, the population-level effects of ACT have not been studied thoroughly until recently. An
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Malaria control across borders: quasi-experimental evidence from the Trans-Kunene malaria initiative (TKMI)
<p>The transmission of malaria through population inflows from highly endemic areas with limited control efforts poses major challenges for national malaria control programmes. Several multilateral programmes
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Dams and malaria in Africa: time for action
Malaria transmission – associated with morbidity, mortality and constraining economic development – has been reduced by more than 40% in Africa in the twenty-first century. Large dams, essential to achieving