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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NMRI to conduct extensive research in Narmada Basin
A team of experts from the National Malaria Research Institute (NMRI) is conducting extensive research in Narmada Basin for making preventive strategy to safe guard the health of people affected from various dam reservoirs. On the initiative of Narmada Valley Development Authority (NVDA) , NMRI has agreed to prepare an action plan for the health care of project affected families.
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Glenmark settles malaria drug patent row with GSK
GLENMARK Pharmaceuticals said on Monday its unit entered an outof-court settlement with Glaxo-SmithKline LLC over patent actions on doses of atovaquone and proguanil hydrochloride, the generic version of GSK
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Malaria claims 4 kids in Dhenkanal
DHENKANAL: Malaria has broken out in predominantly tribal Sorisapada gram panchayat (GP) of Gondia block in Dhenkanal district. Sources said the disease has claimed four kids in the past one week though official sources confirmed only one death.
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Malarial deaths to halve this year
Mumbai: Nearly 30% of the people who died of malaria in Mumbai last year were living alone and devoid of any familial support. The information was chanced upon by civic officials while conducting an audit of malarial deaths in the city in 2009.
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Anti-malaria month under way in Nagaland
Kohima, April 7: Nagaland will join the rest of the country in observing anti-Malaria month in April. Anti-malaria month is observed in the month of June but due to paradigm shift of diseases transmission the month of April has been chosen for the observance, said Dr Imtimeren Jamir, additional director, directorate of health and family welfare, Nagaland.
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Climate change already killing 150,000 a year in low-income economies: WHO
Surinder Sud / New Delhi April 05, 2010, 0:29 IST Climate change has begun to affect human health, leading to a rise in cases related to stomach ailments and vector-borne diseases like malaria and dengue. This has been indicated in a report in the recent bulletin of the World Health Organisation (WHO).
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Malaria in Nilagiri: Kid dies, 50 affected
BALASORE: A five-year-old boy died and 50 others have been affected by malaria in Nilagiri for the last couple of days. Panic gripped Babandh and its adjacent Kudumsahi villages under Siadimal panchayat following child Radhu Singh
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Larvae study to fight diseases
Rajahmundry, March 23: Health authorities are carrying out an entomological survey to find out the density of larvae and vector in stagnant waters in rural, urban and Agency areas to help authorities initiate preventive measures and ensure that people do not fall victim to vector- borne diseases like malaria, filaria, dengue, chikungunya and Japanese encephalitis in the Godavari districts.
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Time to finance a new global health fund
The donors should raise their contribution four-fold to scale up control of AIDS, TB and malaria, and boost primary health systems
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A vaccine in mosquito bite to fight malaria?
Genetically Modified Insects Carry Antigen In Saliva Washington: Scientists have developed a genetically modified mosquito which they claim can work as a natural