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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As you sleep safe, mosquitoes from overhead tank spread malaria nearby
Overhead tanks in concrete houses of the city are a breeding ground for malarial mosquitoes, but people living in such houses are less vulnerable to the disease, a study by the National Institute of Epidemiology
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All mosquito-borne diseases on upswing in Tamil Nadu, malaria up 18%
CHENNAI: It was not just dengue cases that went up in Tamil Nadu during the 2017 epidemic. There was an increase in the incidence of at least three other mosquito-borne diseases, shows data provided by
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Malnutrition ravages India’s children
Most child deaths in India occur from treatable diseases like pneumonia, diarrhea, malaria and complications at birth. A recent alarming signal in the health profile of Indian children went largely
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Dengue hit city hard in three months
Nagpur: 2014. The year in which the city witnessed outbreak of dengue with 601 cases. Since then, the number of dengue cases has been on the decline. But 2017 broken the pattern by witnessing more cases
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12.10% decline in malaria cases: AMC
There has been a drop in the number of vector-borne cases in 2017, as per the data released by the health department of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) on Monday. While dengue saw a drop of
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9,277 malaria cases registered in 2017
AHMEDABAD: While civic authorities claim having intensified efforts to curb vector-borne diseases, data of AMC's health department shows that in 2017 alone, 9,277 people in the city suffered from malaria.
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Angola to have an emergency programme to fight Malaria
The minister of Health, Sílvia Lutucuta, said last Saturday that the programme - which will count on the contribution of the sectors of Environment, Energy and Water, Finance, Mass Media and Urbanisation
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Zimbabwe: Rise in Malaria Deaths Worries Govt
GOVERNMENT is concerned with the increase in malaria deaths in Manicaland this year, and is coming up with targeted interventions to complement the Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) exercise currently underway
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Air pollution may kill more Africans than HIV/AIDS
Farmers often use fire to clear agricultural fields, but the practice adds to air pollution. Here, a man tends a fire in a Louisiana field. Credit: Chloe Gao AIDS and malaria epidemics receive much
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Zimbabwe: Mutare Declared Malaria Zone
Mutare City has been declared a malaria zone following a high incidence of the disease, which saw 3 200 positive cases being identified and the resultant 31 deaths during this malaria season, a city official