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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Open Source Drug Discovery: Highly potent antimalarial compounds derived from the tres cantos arylpyrroles
<p>The development of new antimalarial compounds remains a pivotal part of the strategy for malaria elimination. Recent large-scale phenotypic screens have provided a wealth of potential starting points
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8 cities, 88% dengue cases
The latest data on spread of vector-borne diseases in the state has left civic bodies red faced. The report shows that 88% of dengue cases in the state and 65% of malaria cases have been reported from
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Extinction tipping point reached for native forest birds on Hawaii's Kaua'i
Most species of forest birds native to the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i have crossed the tipping point, with multiple extinctions predicted in forthcoming decades, researchers have warned. Using 35 years'
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WHO certifies Sri Lanka a malaria-free nation
The World Health Organization on Monday certified Sri Lanka as a malaria-free nation, in what it called a "truly remarkable" achievement. WHO regional director Poonam Khetrapal Singh said in a statement
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Malaria on the march in city
AHMEDABAD: In the past two months, there has been a marked increase in the number of patients of malaria and dengue streaming into government and private hospitals. This has made health officials press
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Climate change threatens to double malaria risk from African dams, say researchers
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The number of Africans at risk of malaria who live near dams will nearly double to 25 million by 2080 as areas where the disease is not currently present will become
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Malaria and large dams in sub-Saharan Africa: future impacts in a changing climate
<p>Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has embarked on a new era of dam building to improve food security and promote economic development. Nonetheless, the future impacts of dams on malaria transmission are poorly
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Distribution and prevalence of malaria parasites among long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) in regional populations across Southeast Asia
<p>Plasmodium knowlesi and Plasmodium cynomolgi are two malaria parasites naturally transmissible between humans and wild macaque through mosquito vectors, while Plasmodium inui can be experimentally transmitted
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Monsoon petering out, pall of malaria remains
AHMEDABAD: The monsoon may be on its last leg in the city, but that hasn't kept mosquitoes from keeping on spreading in Ahmedabad. Doctors in municipal corporation hospitals and private general hospitals
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Africa: Ifakara Health Institute Develops New Tech for Battle Against Malaria
The days are numbered for mosquitoes which transmit malaria, if the latest from scientists is anything to go by. Scientists at the Ifakara Health Institute and partner institutions have developed insecticide-