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>
Vector Control
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A modified experimental hut design for studying responses of disease-transmitting mosquitoes to indoor interventions: The Ifakara experimental huts
Differences between individual human houses can confound results of studies aimed at evaluating indoor vector control interventions such as insecticide treated nets (ITNs) and indoor residual insecticide
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India to raise malaria toll figure 40-fold
NewDelhi:India may, in a few weeks, officially acknowledge that malaria kills 40 times the current estimate of 1,023 people a year. A 16-member committee set up by the National Vector Borne Disease
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Global malaria mortality between 1980 and 2010: a systematic analysis
During the past decade, renewed global and national efforts to combat malaria have led to ambitious goals. The authors aimed to provide an accurate assessment of the levels and time trends in malaria mortality
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Malaria toll 46 times govt count
New Delhi: Malaria deaths in India could be almost 46 times the official figure issued here. A new study by University of Washington researchers published in Lancet shows that malaria kills 1.2 million
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Control using genetically modified insects poses problems for regulators
Insects are the pre-eminent form of metazoan life on land, with as many as 1018 individuals alive at any one instant and over three-quarters of a million species described. Although it is estimated that
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Scientific standards and the regulation of genetically modified insects
Experimental releases of genetically modified (GM) insects are reportedly being evaluated in various countries, including Brazil, the Cayman Islands (United Kingdom), France, Guatemala, India, Malaysia,
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Science, regulation, and precedent for genetically modified insects
Questions have been raised about the transparency and scientific quality of regulatory processes applied in the first open field releases of genetically modified (GM) insects, and there is concern that
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Accelerating work to overcome the global impact of neglected tropical diseases: a roadmap for implementation
The World Health Organization (WHO) released a roadmap that outlines its goals and objectives for the enhanced control, prevention, elimination and eradication of neglected tropical diseases. Accelerating
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Hitting hotspots: Spatial targeting of malaria for control and elimination
Current malaria elimination guidelines are based on the concept that malaria transmission becomes heterogeneous in the later phases of malaria elimination. In the pre-elimination and elimination phases,
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Malaria control in Bhutan: case study of a country embarking on elimination
Bhutan has achieved a major reduction in malaria incidence amid multiple challenges. This case study seeks to characterize the Bhutan malaria control programme over the last 10 years.