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 drive extended
DEEPANKAR GANGULY An unusually warm phase in early-November and unseasonal rain have prompted the civic authorities to continue its malaria surveillance till the first week of December. The drive begins in the last week of May and usually continues till October-end.
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HUDA trench turns into dirty drain
Invitation To Dengue As 86 Cases & Three Deaths Reported In Gurgaon Gurgaon: The spread of dengue continues unabated in the Millennium City. With 86 cases and three deaths reported so far this season, more and more questions are being asked about the pathetic infrastructure and poor sanitation conditions behind the outward glitz and shine.
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Malaria claims 149 this year
SHILLONG: Meghalaya has recorded a high of 149 deaths from malaria cases till September this year .Majority of them are from Garo Hills. A senior government official said that the total number of deaths for this year might rise as all the figures were yet to collated. A large number of death cases go unreported, the official admitted on Monday.
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Historical applications of induced sterilisation in field populations of mosquitoes
Research on sterile mosquito technology from 1955 to the 1980s provided a substantial body of knowledge on propagation and release of sterile mosquitoes. Radiation sterilisation and chemosterilisation have been used effectively to induce dominant lethality and thereby sterilise important mosquito vectors in the laboratory.
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Sudden rains might cause malaria surge, fears BMC
Cyclone Phyan may have spared the city, but the downpour it caused didn't. The unexpected showers have made the civic health authorities worried about a fresh spurt in cases of malaria, which, they say, is now bound to rear its head in the city again.
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Polio drive to detect malaria too
MUMBAI: The monthly Pulse Polio drive, which started on Sunday, covered 62% of city children, a percent less than the last drive. Of the total 13,10,000 children under the age of five, the BMC covered 8,09,000 children on Sunday. Dr Mangala Gomare, the civic in-charge of the drive, said that a percent is not a significant difference.
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Drive against pulse polio, malaria to go hand in hand
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to integrate its pulse polio campaign with the drive against malaria. This integrated approach will materialise from November 9 to 15. A working plan has been prepared for the health ambassadors, BMC's health officials, to visit 33 lakh households in the next 15 days. They have been trained at Nair Hospital. click here
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BMC to screen malaria patients
Mumbai With the increasing number of malaria deaths in the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation will now screen potential malaria patients as part of its ongoing pulse polio drive.
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Initiative targets malaria eradication
The PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI), the main public
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Goa can be free of malaria: CM
Chief Minister Digambar Kamat on Wednesday said Goa, which has the best parameters in the health sector in the entire country, could possibly dream of having a malaria-free State by working in tandem with other departments to achieve the not-too-impossible.