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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Ahmedabad emerges as Gujarat’s dengue centre
City Has Reported 375 Cases Since January Gandhinagar: Ahmedabad has recorded the highest number of dengue cases in the state since January this year. Till October 2, dengue cases in the city were 34
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Malaria: Recognising a Chinese triumph
Malaria is a disease that has been with us for all of human history. Malarial parasites are known to infect all terrestrial vertebrates. They are notable for their ability to survive and develop in the
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A model framework to estimate impact and cost of genetics-based sterile insect methods for Dengue vector control
Vector-borne diseases impose enormous health and economic burdens and additional methods to control vector populations are clearly needed. The Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) has been successful against
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Offices, schools get MCD notice for mosquito-breeding
New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has issued notices to 30 government offices, schools and colleges in the last one month for mosquito-breeding on their premises. These include MTNL
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Net benefits: A multicountry analysis of observational data examining associations between insecticide-treated mosquito nets and health outcomes
Several sub-Saharan African countries have rapidly scaled up the number of households that own insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITNs). Although the efficacy of ITNs in trials has been shown, evidence
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African malaria control programs deliver ITNs and achieve what the clinical trials predicted
There is robust evidence of the efficacy of insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITNs) in reducing malaria parasite prevalence, incidence, and all-cause child mortality from carefully conducted trials in
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Lethal and pre-lethal effects of a fungal biopesticide contribute to substantial and rapid control of malaria vectors
Rapidly emerging insecticide resistance is creating an urgent need for new active ingredients to control the adult mosquitoes that vector malaria. Biopesticides based on the spores of entomopathogenic
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Mumbai's mosquito population plummets by 110%
The malaria menace seems to finally have lost its bite. Against the 17,000 malaria cases recorded in the city till August last year, only 2,500 cases have been recorded this year. Health officials attribute
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Global malaria burden and achieving universal coverage of interventions: a glimpse on progress and impact
<p> Malaria continues to remain a serious public health problem in many tropical and sub-tropical countries of the World with around 225 million cases and near one million deaths every year causing
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MCD to launch anti-mosquito drive
<p> The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has said that breeding of mosquitoes has increased in the Capital due to the rains. Pools of stagnating water — which are conducive for the proliferation