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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Malaria control steps to be intensified
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has set itself an ambitious target of reducing the malaria prevalence rate to 4 per cent in the next five years. It also gave itself time till 2015 to eliminate filariasis from the State.
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Two kids of a family die of malaria within an hour
Mumbai: Unhealthy living conditions claimed the lives of two kids of a family who died of malaria in Bhayander on Sunday morning. Their mother too is in the hospital with malaria symptoms.
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Malaria stings city with vengeance
MUMBAI: The BMC's war against mosquitoes notwithstanding, malaria has struck the city with a vengeance. BMC epidemiology cell head Dr Daksha Shah said malaria incidence is at least thrice more than that in last year. Figures suggest that this year, around 42,000 people were down with malaria, while the number was 26,021 in 2008.
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Mosquito repellent creams give a natural' spin to category
Dabur, Godrej Sara Lee plans in place to grow naturals variants. The mosquito repellent cream category has become active this season with both Dabur and Godrej Sara Lee planning to grow the category based on the
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Mortality from Malaria reduced this year
Experts in a roundtable here Tuesday said the mortality from Malaria was reduced significantly this year compared to last year's death toll in the country. They said only 39 people died of malaria in 2009 while 154 people died in 2008, 228 in 2007, 307 in 2006, 502 in 2005 and 538 people died in 2004.
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World Malaria Report 2009
This latest World malaria report describes the global distribution of cases and deaths, how WHO-recommended control strategies have been adopted and implemented in endemic countries, sources of funding for malaria control, and recent evidence that prevention and treatment can alleviate the burden of disease. It contains individual country profiles for 31 high burden countries.
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Elections take back seat in malaria villages
Shikaripara (Dumka), Dec. 4: The poll meetings of Nitish Kumar hold little meaning for the villagers of Shikaripara constituency. So do the rallies of Lalu Prasad. Rather, they are more concerned about a disease that has been stalking them
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Malaria killed 717 in State: Minister
BHUBANESWAR: Malaria has claimed 717 lives in the State during the last three years. In a written reply to a question from Raghuram Padal (BJD), Minister for Health and Family Welfare Prasanna Acharya said in the Assembly today that 11,20,019 people were affected with the disease during the period.
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Demand and willingness to pay for health care in rural West Bengal
This paper investigates household demand for health care and willingness to pay (WTP) for publicly provided health care services, based on primary survey data from rural West Bengal. Contingent valuation techniques were adopted to elicit WTP amounts for malaria and diarrhoea, the most prevalent severe morbidities in the study area.
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Environmental strategies to replace DDT and control malaria
This study sets out the importance of analysing a specific situation in order to develop a holistic strategy of interventions which will be appropriate to the vectors