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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Mosquitoes score in chemical war
Key weapons in the fight against malaria, pyrethroid insecticides, are losing their edge. Over the past decade, billions of dollars have been spent on distributing long-lasting pyrethroid-treated bed nets
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DDT and malaria prevention: Addressing the paradox
The debate regarding dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) in malaria prevention and human health is polarized and can be classified into three positions: anti-DDT, centrist-DDT, pro-DDT. The authors attempted
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Anti-malaria project: Data collection begins
Last year, malaria claimed 145 victims and affected nearly 77,000 in the city.
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N-E gets intensified Rs 417-cr malaria plan
As climate change warms up the North East, malaria-causing mosquitoes threaten to open the disease
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How much does malaria vector control quality matter: The epidemiolgical impact of holed nets and inadequate indoor residual spraying
<p>Insecticide treated nets (ITN) and indoor residual spraying (IRS) are the two pillars of malaria vector control in Africa, but both interventions are beset by quality and coverage concerns. Data from three control programs were used to investigate the impact of: 1) the physical deterioration of ITNs, and 2) inadequate IRS spray coverage, on their respective protective effectiveness.</p>
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Productivity of malaria vectors from different habitat types in the Western Kenya Highlands
<p>Mosquito Larval Source Management (LSM) could be a valuable additional tool for integrated malaria vector control especially in areas with focal transmission like the highlands of western Kenya if it were not for the need to target all potential habitats at frequent intervals.
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Centre steps in to tackle malaria
The civic body won
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Climatic factors driving invasion of the Tiger Mosquito (Aedes albopictus) into new areas of Trentino, Northern Italy
<p>The tiger mosquito (<em>Aedes albopictus</em>), vector of several emerging diseases, is expanding into more northerly latitudes as well as into higher altitudes in northern Italy. Changes in the pattern of distribution of the tiger mosquito may affect the potential spread of infectious diseases transmitted by this species in Europe.
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Pathetic story of an Indian technology developed for mosquito control
<p>Mosquito-borne diseases have been major contributors to the sufferings and mortality of billions of people, especially in the underdeveloped and developing world. They have been rightly termed as neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). NTDs such as filariasis (elephantiasis) and leishmaniasis, inflict severe social stigma although they may not cause mortality.
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Medicinal mosquito nets distributed to tribals
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has distributed 2.4 lakh medicinal mosquito nets to the students of the tribal residential schools to control malaria in the State.