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>
<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 continues to be a giant killer in Odisha though death toll from the disease has declined over the past four years. This year, 18 people have died of the mosquito-borne disease. "Compared to 28
Concerned over the fact that many parts of Europe may get affected by malaria due to climate change, India and the European Union have joined hands in evolving strategies for control of the disease, which
The threat of diseases such as dengue and malaria looms large over parts of the city that were flooded in the first spell of monsoon last week. The district malaria control department has already registered six cases of malaria and same number of patients are expected to be admitted in different private hospitals of Gurgaon.
Improved living conditions could make vector control operations more effective in preventing malaria in children. The Chennai Corporation has recorded 105 cases in the last two weeks until Saturday. Many
The Global Fund (The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria) offered a grant of US $ 1.9 million to the Sri Lankan government for use on TB control activities. Annually around 10,000 new TB
‘State has 36,000 HIV+ people in the grey zone who are unaware of the infection’ Of the 6.51 lakh units of blood collected in Karnataka from April 2012 to March 2013, 1,096 were found to be HIV positive and therefore discarded. Shockingly, of these, a mere 236 (21.5 per cent) HIV+ people were referred to Integrated Testing and Counselling Centres (ICTC) for further counselling and treatment.
On Thursday, the Gujarat high court (HC) asked the state government and Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) to file a monthly report showing the number of people affected by malaria and dengue and the
Barely days into monsoon and the city has already witnessed an alarming jump in malaria cases, laying bare the poor vector control preparation by civic authorities. About 86 malaria cases have been
With nearly 70% of malaria cases being reported from the slums and South Kanpur localities, the medical health and family welfare department has decided to take comprehensive anti-malaria measures to curb
The annoying bites of mosquitoes that we so often tend to ignore have accounted for over nearly 500 deaths in the last four years in Assam. Significantly, it is Japanese Encephalitis (JE) and not malaria