World malaria report 2022
Each year, WHO’s World malaria report offers in-depth information on the latest trends in malaria control and elimination at global, regional and country levels. The report highlights progress towards
Vector Borne Diseases
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Where are the dengue kits?
At a time when the spurt in vector borne diseases have caught both the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and the state health department unaware, bureaucrats and politicians are busy passing the buck. And this has resulted in confusion over the fate of the dengue kits, which were sought by the civic body.
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Malaria prevention programme
The Matale anti malaria Regional Office has embarked on a malaria prevention programme in the area. Eight malaria patients have been treated recently at the Matale district hospital.
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Number of leptospirosis, malaria cases mounting
M K Sunil Kumar, KOCHI: The cases of leptospirosis (rat fever) and malaria have gone up in the district with the
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Blood banks struggle to cope as dengue takes over city
The high incidence of dengue cases in the region has taken a toll on the city
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398 dead due to Japanese encephalitis
LUCKNOW: The dreaded Japanese Encephalitis (JE) virus has, till now, claimed 398 lives in eastern UP with five more children succumbing to the virus in the past 36 hours. According to official sources, the number of patients suffering from Japanese Encephalitis who have been admitted to the Baba Raghav Das Medical College is 2,193.
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Vector-control measures all over the place
Though over 25,000 people have been afflicted by Malaria and Dengue in the city in the past two months, the drive to spray mosquito repellents at every house by civic workers has virtually collapsed. The civic authorities had issued a circular asking all field workers to carry out anti-larval measures including spraying of larvaecide till 30 November .
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Now, a bio-technology method can contain malaria
BHUBANESWAR: Now, Orissa can shed its stigma with malaria as a new method using simple biotechnology can wipe out the larvae and the success could be much more than what was achieved in the past decades with numerous control measures.
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Dengue scare looms large over Kolkata
KOLKATA: The scare of dengue haunts city residents as new cases of the disease are being reported daily from different areas. The city
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358 dengue cases tested positive in Sindh
Of more than a thousand dengue patients reported at different hospitals in the province, 358 were tested positive. This was stated by Sindh Health Minister Dr Saghir Ahmed on Tuesday while issuing latest figures about the prevalence of dengue fever in Sindh.
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Dengue cases on rise in Karnal
Dengue has claimed a life in Karnal while 18 of the 43 suspected dengue cases sent to the laboratory have tested positive. Suman of the Chand Serai area, who was admitted to a private local hospital and referred to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Delhi, reportedly died yesterday.