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Gujarat Records Massive 92% Drop In Malaria Cases Over Last Decade
Gandhinagar, April 25 (IANS) Gujarat has recorded a decline of around 92 per cent in malaria cases over the past 10 years, the state Health Department said on Saturday, highlighting sustained surveillance and prevention efforts as World Malaria Day w
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Countries In WHO South-East Asia Region Renew Commitment To Eliminate Malaria By 2030
At the seminar, ministers of health and WHO endorsed a Statement on Renewed Commitment for Malaria Elimination. The renewed commitment calls for greater efforts to get back on track, with ownership and governance of actions towards elimination.
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Manipur To Achieve "Zero Malaria Status" By 2021: Governor
Manipur Governor Dr Najma Heptulla on Friday expressed optimism that the state will be the first to achieve the "zero malaria status" in the country by 2021, nine years ahead of the national target of eliminating the tropical disease by 2030.
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Scientists Warn Of Global Threat Of 'Super Malaria'
The rapid spread of "super malaria" in the South East Asia is an alarming global threat and there is an urgent need to eliminate it before the drug-resistant strain of malaria becomes untreatable again, scientists have warned.
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Cigarette Butts May Help Eliminate Mosquitoes: Try These Natural Repellents
Cigarette butts thrown in the garbage bin may actually turn out to be resourceful mosquito repellents that could cause malaria, says a new study.
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WHO Asks to Strengthen Health Systems to Eliminate Dengue, Malaria: 5 Foods That Fight Infection Naturally
At a recent conference held at Male, experts from the World Health Organisation suggested that the capacities of health systems should be strengthened to prevent, detect and eliminate existing and emerging vector-borne diseases such as dengue and chikungunya in India and South-East Asia.
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On World Malaria Day, Ministry Of Health Shares Preventive Methods On Twitter
New Delhi: World Malaria Day is observed every year on April 25. The disease is transmitted by the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes which breed in clean and stagnant water. Some of the symptoms of malaria are high fever, vomiting, body ache, fatigue, nausea and chills. The good news, however, is that malaria is preventable and curable....
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In Sri Lanka's Striking Breakthrough Over Malaria, Lessons For India
For a country that receives four times as much rainfall than India, eliminating malaria is no mean feat. But that is exactly what Sri Lanka has achieved, the World Health Organisation or WHO declared on Monday.
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Presidents And Billionaires Drive Battle Against Africa's Deadliest Creature
Global plans to eliminate malaria were abandoned in 1969 as the goal was seen as prohibitively complicated and expensive, despite success in eradicating the disease in the 1950s in parts of Europe, North America and the Caribbean.
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21 Countries Could be Malaria-Free by 2020: WHO
One of the goals of WHO's 2016-2030 programme against malaria is to eliminate the disease in at least 10 countries by 2020.
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Centre To Eliminate Malaria By 2030: Health Minister JP Nadda
The Centre today set the target of eliminating malaria by 2030 after neighbouring countries like Sri Lanka and Nepal reported no deaths due to the vector-borne disease in the past several years.
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No Need To Worry: Government On Deworming Tablet Side-Effect
Seeking to play down reports of around 200 children falling sick after consuming deworming tablets, the government today said there is "no need to worry or panic" as this medicine has "mild side-effects" on one to two per cent of the children for a short time.
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Genetically Modified Mosquitoes That Can Block Malaria Created: Study
Scientists have created a strain of mosquitoes capable of rapidly introducing malaria-blocking genes into a mosquito population through its progeny, ultimately eliminating the insects' ability to transmit the disease to humans.
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Gujarat Records Massive 92% Drop In Malaria Cases Over Last Decade
Gandhinagar, April 25 (IANS) Gujarat has recorded a decline of around 92 per cent in malaria cases over the past 10 years, the state Health Department said on Saturday, highlighting sustained surveillance and prevention efforts as World Malaria Day w
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Countries In WHO South-East Asia Region Renew Commitment To Eliminate Malaria By 2030
At the seminar, ministers of health and WHO endorsed a Statement on Renewed Commitment for Malaria Elimination. The renewed commitment calls for greater efforts to get back on track, with ownership and governance of actions towards elimination.
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Manipur To Achieve "Zero Malaria Status" By 2021: Governor
Manipur Governor Dr Najma Heptulla on Friday expressed optimism that the state will be the first to achieve the "zero malaria status" in the country by 2021, nine years ahead of the national target of eliminating the tropical disease by 2030.
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Scientists Warn Of Global Threat Of 'Super Malaria'
The rapid spread of "super malaria" in the South East Asia is an alarming global threat and there is an urgent need to eliminate it before the drug-resistant strain of malaria becomes untreatable again, scientists have warned.
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Cigarette Butts May Help Eliminate Mosquitoes: Try These Natural Repellents
Cigarette butts thrown in the garbage bin may actually turn out to be resourceful mosquito repellents that could cause malaria, says a new study.
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WHO Asks to Strengthen Health Systems to Eliminate Dengue, Malaria: 5 Foods That Fight Infection Naturally
At a recent conference held at Male, experts from the World Health Organisation suggested that the capacities of health systems should be strengthened to prevent, detect and eliminate existing and emerging vector-borne diseases such as dengue and chikungunya in India and South-East Asia.
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On World Malaria Day, Ministry Of Health Shares Preventive Methods On Twitter
New Delhi: World Malaria Day is observed every year on April 25. The disease is transmitted by the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes which breed in clean and stagnant water. Some of the symptoms of malaria are high fever, vomiting, body ache, fatigue, nausea and chills. The good news, however, is that malaria is preventable and curable....
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In Sri Lanka's Striking Breakthrough Over Malaria, Lessons For India
For a country that receives four times as much rainfall than India, eliminating malaria is no mean feat. But that is exactly what Sri Lanka has achieved, the World Health Organisation or WHO declared on Monday.
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Presidents And Billionaires Drive Battle Against Africa's Deadliest Creature
Global plans to eliminate malaria were abandoned in 1969 as the goal was seen as prohibitively complicated and expensive, despite success in eradicating the disease in the 1950s in parts of Europe, North America and the Caribbean.
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21 Countries Could be Malaria-Free by 2020: WHO
One of the goals of WHO's 2016-2030 programme against malaria is to eliminate the disease in at least 10 countries by 2020.
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Centre To Eliminate Malaria By 2030: Health Minister JP Nadda
The Centre today set the target of eliminating malaria by 2030 after neighbouring countries like Sri Lanka and Nepal reported no deaths due to the vector-borne disease in the past several years.
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No Need To Worry: Government On Deworming Tablet Side-Effect
Seeking to play down reports of around 200 children falling sick after consuming deworming tablets, the government today said there is "no need to worry or panic" as this medicine has "mild side-effects" on one to two per cent of the children for a short time.
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Genetically Modified Mosquitoes That Can Block Malaria Created: Study
Scientists have created a strain of mosquitoes capable of rapidly introducing malaria-blocking genes into a mosquito population through its progeny, ultimately eliminating the insects' ability to transmit the disease to humans.
