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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Workshop on malaria eradication
GOLAGHAT
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Malaria department unable to tackle mosquito menace
JORHAT, April 27: Despite being the season for the spread of malaria and other vector-borne diseases, the Malaria department is not being able to tackle the mosquito menace on a large scale, due to shortage of funds.
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Official says malaria to be eradicated by 2013
Secretary Health Khushnood Akhtar Lashari has said the fatal disease of malaria will be eradicated by 2013 under five-year malaria control programme.Speaking at a press conference in connection with the World Malaria Day here on Saturday, he said there was no danger to the programme in Malakand division.
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Vaccine being developed in New Delhi
Scientists are undertaking research to develop a vaccine for immunisation against malaria. The vaccine is expected to reduce the severity of the disease. The scientists at the international Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) in New Delhi are involved in the research on malaria for the past few years.
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Bangkok Beats London In Carbon Pollution
Residents of the Thai capital produce as much carbon pollution as New Yorkers and more than Londoners, a U.N.-backed study released on Wednesday shows. The report, "Bangkok: Assessment Report on Climate Change 2009," underscores the city's carbon-intensive habits but also highlights the threat to Bangkok from rising seas caused by global warming.
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Neglected ponds elevate mosquito threat
IN Karachi, Hyderabad and Sukkur, one finds neglected and stagnant water ponds in almost every locality. These ponds are the result of an effluent from a community, or groundwater upward seepage due to capillary action, or canal water seepage (in case of Hyderabad and Sukkur), or water received from diffused water sources.
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Drive for low-cost malaria drugs
United Nations: Anti-malaria drugs, more powerful than previous versions, will be put within reach of millions of people in Africa and Asia as part of an initiative launched by the U.N.-backed fund that fights major epidemics.
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Subsidy Plan Seeks to Cut Malaria Drug Cost
A new campaign to save lives and prevent drug resistance by driving the price of the best malaria medicine down to as little as 20 cents was announced Friday by international health agencies and European governments. The subsidy program, unveiled in Norway, will have an initial budget of $225 million and will be run by a new partnership called the Affordable Medicines Facility for Malaria.
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Malaria almost eradicated
Sri Lanka has almost eradicated malaria and no malaria deaths have been reported during last three years. It has also resulted in an unprecedented 99 per cent decrease in the reported incidence of Malaria during the last 10 years.
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Malaria almost eradicated
Sri Lanka has almost eradicated Malaria and no Malaria deaths have been reported during last three years. It has also resulted in an unprecedented 99 per cent decrease in the reported incidence of Malaria during the last 10 years.