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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The best drug is losing battle against malaria
London: Studies of patients in western Cambodia suggest that malaria could be developing resistance to the most effective type of drug, putting millions of lives at risk.
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Malaria has got 'deadlier'
Mumbai: Malaria is likely to become more virulent, fear international experts after they found the parasite becoming resistant to the most effective drug used worldwide to treat it. If not controlled in time, it could kill millions, they warn.
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Climate Health Costs: Bug-Borne Ills, Killer Heat
Tree-munching beetles, malaria-carrying mosquitoes and deer ticks that spread Lyme disease are three living signs that climate change is likely to exact a heavy toll on human health. These pests and others are expanding their ranges in a warming world, which means people who never had to worry about them will have to start. And they are hardly the only health threats from global warming.
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Malaria cases on the rise in Mumbai
Mumbai:(PTI) Malaria-related cases in the metropolis have shot up by as much as 47 per cent this year due to increased construction activities and high humidity levels.
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Drive against water-borne diseases
Mohali: As many as 118 teams would be operating in various parts of Mohali district during a campaign being launched by the health department to create awareness among people about dengue, malaria and other water-borne diseases. These teams would be covering all villages of the district in June, which is being observed as an anti-malaria month by the department.
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Malaria scheme hits twin hurdles
Prevention better Jamshedpur, May 24: The malaria prevention programme in East Singhbhum has hit twin hurdles. With the monsoon nearly here, the district has failed to start spraying DDT and has run short of malaria medicines. Officials in the district health department maintain that the prevention programme should have begun by now. The district happens to be malaria-prone zone.
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Pilot project to eradicate Malaria is a good step
Senior doctors of BJP Dr. KK Khare and Dr. Arun Batra have termed the pilot project for Malaria Eradication as an important work plan of the state government. Through this the government plans to eradicate Malaria by prevention instead of curing. A large number of people die due to Malaria every year.
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'Substandard drugs add to sufferings of ailing IDPs'
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Interior Senator Talha Mehmood has said that substandard drugs at the camps of internally displaced persons (IDPs) may add to the sufferings of ailing individuals, and urged the authorities to intensify inspection of drugs being distributed at these camps.
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KMC fears more dengue, malaria
KOLKATA, 19 May: With the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) expecting a rise in vector-borne diseases like dengue and malaria this season, the municipal commissioner, Mr Alapan Bandopadhyay today sought better co-operation among various departments of the state government that included the public works, KMC and health department.
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Civic meet on malaria
The civic authorities will meet realtors on Tuesday to alert them against water accumulation at construction sites that could turn breeding ground of mosquitoes.The meeting at the civic headquarters is part of a drive to control vector-borne diseases in Calcutta.