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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Heading off fever
Malaria, prevalent in over 100 countries, poses a risk to some 2,700 million people across the world. Poor health infrastructure and drastic ecological changes have favoured transmission of the malaria parasite, which has developed an immunity even to les
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Back with a vengeance
Malaria is making a comeback. Parasites and mosquitoes have developed resistance to drugs and insecticides and new drugs are too costly and their effect short lived
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Die hard
Identified a century ago and viciously attacked by pesticides and drugs, the Anopheles mosquito and the malarial parasite still survive to prey on humanity
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Malarial parasite
A new method of treating or preventing malaria has come to light with the discovery of the protein that makes the disease lethal. The parasite Plasmodium falciparum , that causes cerebral malaria,
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Fatal fever
west bengal is sitting on a malaria time bomb. According to the deputy chief medical officer of health of Purulia district in West Bengal, Asit Biswas, over 17,000 people in Purulia are carrying
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SUB SAHARAN AFRICA
In June, for the first time, malaria control was included in the ;agenda of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) Summit in Zimbabwe. ReportedN, nine out of 10 cases occur in sub- Saharan
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Lethal gambit
The failure of the government to ban lethal pesticides, used to control the spread of malaria, poses a hazard to human health
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'We are fighting a losing battle'
The mere knowledge that mosquitoes are the carriers ofa number of Diseases like malaria, filariasis and dengue is not enough to check the spread of vector-borne diseases. P K Dits, director of the Pondicherry-based Vector Control Research Centre (VCRC
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Malaria cornered
The killer malarial parasite may become vulnerable if drugs that target a particular enzyme are developed
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Mayhem in Mewat
Malaria grips Mewat like a death noose while official apathy scales disturbing heights