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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World Malaria Report 2009
This latest World malaria report describes the global distribution of cases and deaths, how WHO-recommended control strategies have been adopted and implemented in endemic countries, sources of funding for malaria control, and recent evidence that prevention and treatment can alleviate the burden of disease. It contains individual country profiles for 31 high burden countries.
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Environmental strategies to replace DDT and control malaria
This study sets out the importance of analysing a specific situation in order to develop a holistic strategy of interventions which will be appropriate to the vectors
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Historical applications of induced sterilisation in field populations of mosquitoes
Research on sterile mosquito technology from 1955 to the 1980s provided a substantial body of knowledge on propagation and release of sterile mosquitoes. Radiation sterilisation and chemosterilisation have been used effectively to induce dominant lethality and thereby sterilise important mosquito vectors in the laboratory.
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Initiative targets malaria eradication
The PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI), the main public
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Goa can be free of malaria: CM
Chief Minister Digambar Kamat on Wednesday said Goa, which has the best parameters in the health sector in the entire country, could possibly dream of having a malaria-free State by working in tandem with other departments to achieve the not-too-impossible.
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Global status of DDT and its alternatives for use in vector control to prevent disease
The objective of this study is to review the status of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), used for disease vector control, along with current evidence on its benefits and risks in relation to the available alternatives.
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Maoist pockets are also malaria hotspots
States that are Maoist strongholds have one more thing in common: they all appear to be malaria hotspots. The disease is finding a safe haven in these areas that lack development and effective governance to curb the disease.
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Genetically modified mosquito project reaches second phase
Shastry V. Mallady Scientists from Asian countries to meet in Madurai in January Latest developments with regard to deploying
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Managing insecticide resistance in malaria vectors by combining carbamate-treated plastic wall sheeting and pyrethroid-treated
'Wallpapering' huts with sheeting made from insecticide-treated plastic could be a new tool for malaria control, research in Benin shows. When used in combination with insecticide-treated bednets (ITNs) in hut trials, the sheeting killed all mosquitoes, and completely prevented bites.
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Malaria control insecticide residues in breast milk: The need to consider infant health risks
In many parts of the world, deliberate indoor residual spraying (IRS) of dwellings with insecticides to control malaria transmission remains the only viable option, thereby unintentionally but inevitably also causing exposure to inhabitants.