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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Marigold magic
An insecticide obtained from marigold flowers is effective against mosquito larvae
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New drug
With quinine-based drugs, traditionally sought to treat malaria, failing to contain the disease anymore, scientists of the Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (cimap), based in
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Gene shows the way
SCIENTISTS have now found a way to render "killer" malaria viruses impotent. Researchers based in the Institute of Molecular Medicine at Oxford University and other research bodies in the us have
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Hitting malaria with herbs
A Chinese medicinal plant known as long ago as 168 BC has been found successful in checking malaria, which is becoming increasingly resistant to most drugs
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The nature of malaria
A new project is analysing several natural parameters that aid the spread of malaria
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Bednet or not?
Scientists debate the effectiveness of insecticide treated bednets in dealing with malaria
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The buzz on Malaria
Integrating cost effective traditional methods is essential to fighting the killer disease
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Roman tragedy
A mosquito brought down an empire that worlds militaries couldn t
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Nipping malaria in the bud
Scientists are focussing on strengthening genetically the defence mechanism of mosquitoes so as to render them inhospitable to the malarial parasite.
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For a cup of tea
Dense cinchona and silver oak forests covering 3,000 ha in Valparai in the Annamalai hills will be replaced by tea plantations if the state-run Tamil Nadu Plantation Corporation Ltd (TNPCL) has its