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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Shot of hope
A malaria vaccine shows encouraging results in trials
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Silenced for good
A method to stop multiplication of the malaria parasite
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Trap them all
MCD adapts new measure to combat dengue and malaria
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Troublemaking protein found
Breakthrough in fighting severe malaria among children
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Wormwood defence
ARTEMISININ, a drug isolated from sweet wormwood, has finally been approved by global health agencies as the first line of treatment of malaria instead of quinine, to which Plasmodium is showing increased resistance. The treatment is given as a cocktail known as artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) and it has shown dramatic results.
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Bytes
big cat in trouble: Indonesia's last tiger species
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Maltreatment
Premier health institutes are responsible for malarial deaths
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Fatal catalyst
Deforestation spurs malaria
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Bednet gain
Africa can now combat malaria
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In a hole
Dengue grips Bangalore