Malaria

Gurgaon has reported 18 cases of dengue and two cases of malaria this season. With the city witnessing an upsurge in vector borne-diseases, the district health officials have set up a 20-bed ward at the civil hospital to deal with the outbreak.

The Covid-19 pandemic had a "devastating" impact on the fight against HIV, tuberculosis and malaria in 2020, according to a report released by the Global Fund on Wednesday.

World Mosquito Day 2021: This day highlights the importance to create awareness about mosquito-borne diseases like dengue, malaria and chikungunya.

World Mosquito Day 2021: Small mosquito bites can lead to bigger outcomes. Dengue, malaria and chikungunya are common mosquito-borne diseases that affect a huge population every year.

World Mosquito Day is observed every year on August 20 to commemorate Sir Ronald Ross's discovery in 1897 that Anopheles mosquitoes transmit the malaria parasite to humans.

The centre has sent a team of three medical experts - including a malaria expert - to Maharashtra to support the state and "recommend necessary public health interventions" after its first ever case of Zika virus infection.

China was certified as malaria-free on Wednesday by the World Health Organization, following a 70-year effort to eradicate the mosquito-borne disease.

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan urged the Delhi government today to declare malaria and dengue as notifiable diseases to help pave the way for a successful eradication of the two vector-borne diseases from the national capital.

Using their remarkable sense of smell -- which can pick up the equivalent of half a teaspoon of sugar in an olympic-sized swimming pool -- dogs have already shown that they can sniff out maladies such as cancer, malaria and epilepsy.

Panel member Michel Kazatchkine, a French diplomat and former director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, called for immediate action to ensure the world must never again face a "catastrophe" like the Covid-19 crisis.

Despite many vaccines tested over the years, this is the first to meet the required WHO’s required efficacy target.

An under-trial malaria vaccine was hailed as delivering "unprecedented efficacy levels" to achieve the WHO specified goal of 75 per cent efficacy and is now set to enter the next stage of trials, in collaboration with the Serum Institute of India.

As many as 116 districts in India reported zero malaria cases in 2020 and the country has been able to achieve remarkable success in reducing the disease burden in terms of cases by 84.5 per cent and deaths by 83.6 per cent, Health Minister said.

Lashing out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said the Trinamool chief is friends with "dengue and malaria" and the state will not be rid of the diseases until she leaves.

US President Joe Biden has appointed Indian-origin Raj Panjabi to lead his Malaria Initiative, which is mainly in African and Asian countries.

Gurgaon has reported 18 cases of dengue and two cases of malaria this season. With the city witnessing an upsurge in vector borne-diseases, the district health officials have set up a 20-bed ward at the civil hospital to deal with the outbreak.

The Covid-19 pandemic had a "devastating" impact on the fight against HIV, tuberculosis and malaria in 2020, according to a report released by the Global Fund on Wednesday.

World Mosquito Day 2021: This day highlights the importance to create awareness about mosquito-borne diseases like dengue, malaria and chikungunya.

World Mosquito Day 2021: Small mosquito bites can lead to bigger outcomes. Dengue, malaria and chikungunya are common mosquito-borne diseases that affect a huge population every year.

World Mosquito Day is observed every year on August 20 to commemorate Sir Ronald Ross's discovery in 1897 that Anopheles mosquitoes transmit the malaria parasite to humans.

The centre has sent a team of three medical experts - including a malaria expert - to Maharashtra to support the state and "recommend necessary public health interventions" after its first ever case of Zika virus infection.

China was certified as malaria-free on Wednesday by the World Health Organization, following a 70-year effort to eradicate the mosquito-borne disease.

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan urged the Delhi government today to declare malaria and dengue as notifiable diseases to help pave the way for a successful eradication of the two vector-borne diseases from the national capital.

Using their remarkable sense of smell -- which can pick up the equivalent of half a teaspoon of sugar in an olympic-sized swimming pool -- dogs have already shown that they can sniff out maladies such as cancer, malaria and epilepsy.

Panel member Michel Kazatchkine, a French diplomat and former director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, called for immediate action to ensure the world must never again face a "catastrophe" like the Covid-19 crisis.

Despite many vaccines tested over the years, this is the first to meet the required WHO’s required efficacy target.

An under-trial malaria vaccine was hailed as delivering "unprecedented efficacy levels" to achieve the WHO specified goal of 75 per cent efficacy and is now set to enter the next stage of trials, in collaboration with the Serum Institute of India.

As many as 116 districts in India reported zero malaria cases in 2020 and the country has been able to achieve remarkable success in reducing the disease burden in terms of cases by 84.5 per cent and deaths by 83.6 per cent, Health Minister said.

Lashing out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said the Trinamool chief is friends with "dengue and malaria" and the state will not be rid of the diseases until she leaves.

US President Joe Biden has appointed Indian-origin Raj Panjabi to lead his Malaria Initiative, which is mainly in African and Asian countries.