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>
<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>
For Malaria, an ounce of prevention is worth hundreds of pounds of cure, says Dr NADIA RANGEL PINTO The disease that is foremost in our minds during the monsoon is the parasitic disease Malaria. It is one of the oldest diseases, and transmitted by a familiar vector
New Delhi: Finally, it
Mumbai Mumbai accounts for nearly half the malaria cases in the state since April this year, and eight of the 11 deaths the disease has caused. The government will direct the BMC to book and penalise those flouting norms. Mumbai has the largest number of malaria deaths in the country, Public Health Minister Suresh Shetty said in the Assembly on Thursday.
Mumbai: Doctors across the city agree that construction work is the chief cause of the current bout of malaria in the city. In June this year, over 3,500 patients with malaria were admitted to hospitals, while over 1,250 have been hospitalised since July. Five patients have succumbed to the mosquito-borne menace so far.
African Americans have higher rates of kidney disease than European Americans.
Traps baited with synthetic human odors have been proposed as suitable technologies for controlling malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases. We investigated the potential benefits of such traps for preventing malaria transmission in Africa and the essential characteristics that they should possess so as to be effective.
Malaria remains the most prevalent vector-borne infectious disease and has the highest rates of fatality. Current antimalarial drug strategies cure malaria or prevent infections but lack a sustained public health impact because they fail to expedite the acquisition of protective immunity.
Saligao Zilla Parishad member Michael Lobo has carried out preventive measures to control the rise of malaria in Nagoa-Arpora. Acting on a Herald report highlighting the rise of malaria in Nagoa-Arpora Panchayat jurisdiction, Saligao ZP member Lobo immediately swung into action, after residents called on him to carry out preventive measures.
While two cases of dengue have been confirmed in the Capital, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has admitted it does not have any biolarvicide to combat the threat of dengue and malaria, with the Delhi High court passing a restraining order over the procurement of the same earlier last month.
Calls for the eradication of malaria require the development of global and regional strategies based on a strong and consistent evidence base. Evidence from the previous global malaria eradication program and more recent transborder control campaigns have shown the importance of accounting for human movement in introducing infections to areas targeted for elimination.