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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Cures trapped in troubles
More virulent form of diseases could be the future babies of ineffective medicines
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THAILAND
The Thai government will use the satellites of the National Aeronautical Space Administration ( nasa ) to assess the spread of the country's worst outbreak of malaria in five years. The
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Take Unani medicines seriously
<font color=red>HAKIM MOHAMMED KHALID SIDDIQUI</font>, director of Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine, New Delhi, tells <font color=red>VIBHA VARSHNEY </font> that Unani medicines have the potential to cure a host of diseases
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Pops out
at least 120 countries have agreed to become signatories to a un treaty banning or restricting the use of 12 toxic chemicals known as persistent organic pollutants ( pop s). The treaty,
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Managing malaria
The case of malaria is an example of how excessive reliance on insecticides has damaged the environment and harmed public health
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Get my goat
Goat milk may become the source of malaria vaccines in coming times. Researchers have made genetic modifications in mice to alter the character of the milk they produce. This milk has been
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CAMEROON
About half of Cameroon's rural population and some 42 per cent of urban residents have no access to potable water, according to the country's ministry of mines, water and power. "Waterborne diseases
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Home remedy
In rural India, malaria continues to claim the lives of thousands of people. Vector control using DDT (dichlorodiphenyl trichloroethane) has been known to lead to several environmental ill-effects.
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New drugs on the block
The development of new drugs could contain the spread of malaria
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More bites for India!
Though eco friendly alternatives are available, the government s malaria control programme banks heavily on use of hazardous chemicals