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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Dengue set to peak, cases on the rise
MUMBAI: Another mosquito-borne disease is slowly making its presence felt in the city. The incidence of dengue, the viral disease spread by the colourful Tiger (Aedes Aegypti) mosquitoes, has been increasing. A number of doctors have observed that children, especially, are falling prey to the virus.
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Blames on chimps
It is agriculture that brought malaria with it if humans had not abandoned their nomadic ways for agriculture, two important events would be missing from the history of civilization: deforestation and domestication of animals. Man would also not have heard of diseases like aids and swine flu. In 2007, the World Health Organization put down the number of people killed by the
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A daily threat
Models assessing the impact of climate change on malaria rely on mean monthly temperatures. A team led by Krijn P Paajimans from the Centre of Infectious Diseases Dynamics, Pennsylvania State University, USA, demonstrated the role daily temperature fluctuations play. The malaria parasite
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After gastro, malaria spreading tentacles
BHUBANESWAR: After diarrhoea, malaria is spreading in Western Orissa districts putting the efficacy of the health services to test. As diarrhoea has a long history in the State and takes heavy toll in the backward districts at regular intervals, malaria has emerged as the highest killer in the tribal- dominated areas.
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Fatal bite: Monkey malaria new threat?
New Delhi: Researchers in Malaysia have confirmed infections among humans with the Plasmodium knowlesi strain of malaria, which till now was believed to only infect monkeys, in particular the long-tailed and pig-tailed macaques.
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Stop spreading malaria: cases filed against Wankhede, BHA
Mumbai Civic authorities have started proceedings against managers and contractors at Wankhede Stadium, being redone for the 2011 World Cup, the neighbouring Bombay Hockey Association and two privately owned buildings in Churchgate for allowing the malaria parasite to breed.
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Cholera cases on rise
Sept. 8: After the swine flu havoc, cases of cholera, jaundice, malaria and dengue are on the rise. A confirmed case of chikungunya has also been reported in the city. In all, 72 cases of cholera have been recorded in the city till September 7 compared to 64 in 2008 and 36 in 2007. Likewise, 45 cases of jaundice and 16 cases of dengue have also been reported.
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Malaria claims 3 in Sundargarh
ROURKELA: Fever accompanied by gastroenteritis claimed three lives in the past three days in the remote village of Ranja under Lahunipara block of Bonai sub-division.
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Effect of two different house screening interventions on exposure to malaria vectors and on anaemia in children in The Gambia
Research conducted in the Gambia has shown that screening houses against mosquitoes helps reduce childhood malaria infection, death rates and anaemia. The report, published in The Lancet, found that screening windows and doors with netting, and closing eaves or installing net ceilings could reduce entry of malaria vectors into houses in an area of seasonal malaria transmission.
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August sets a record for malaria tests
Mumbai Driven by the swine flu fear, Mumbaikars are reporting early even for seasonal flu, malaria and other diseases that usually peak in monsoon, leading to record collection of samples for confirmatory tests