Malaria Deaths

Pakistan's health ministry on Tuesday approved the purchase of over 62 lakh mosquito nets from India.

At least 138 cases of swine flu, 412 of malaria and 73 of dengue were reported in Mumbai in the last 15 days, an official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.

World Cancer Day 2022: An estimated 10 million people die each year from cancer, which is more than HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined.

Around 14 million more cases of malaria and 69,000 more deaths due to it were reported worldwide in 2020 than in 2019 and India was the only high-burden country to have sustained a reduction in the disease burden, according to a WHO report.

Healthcare disruptions linked to the coronavirus pandemic helped malaria kill 69,000 more people in 2020 than the previous year, but a worst-case scenario was averted, the World Health Organization said on Monday.

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.

The World Health Organisation on Saturday has stopped its trials of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and combination of HIV drug lopinavir/ritonavir for the treatment of hospitalised COVID-19 patients after they failed to reduce the death rate, Al Jazeera reported.

The new coronavirus pandemic could severely disrupt access to anti-malaria nets and drugs in sub-Saharan Africa, the World Health Organization said Thursday, warning that malaria deaths risked doubling if efforts are not urgently scaled up.

An old malaria drug touted by U.S. President Donald Trump as a "game changer" in the fight against the coronavirus provided no benefit and potentially higher risk of death for patients at U.S. veterans hospitals, according to an analysis that has been submitted for expert review.

Senegal is set to continue administering hydroxychloroquine to coronavirus patients, a senior health official said Thursday, after encouraging results for those treated with the venerable anti-malarial drug.

Malaria usually shows symptoms like fever, chills, vomiting, headache muscle pain and fatigue. Mosquito bites should be prevented to control the risk of malaria. To fight against malaria, homemade soups might help as researchers have found that some of the soup recipes have anti-malarial properties.

World Mosquito Day: The day is observed in remembrance of Sir Ronald Ross. Mosquitoes are one of the deadliest insects in the world. They have the ability to carry and spread diseases to humans and are responsible for millions of deaths across the world.

Death due to malaria in Mozambique, which accounts for 5 per cent of cases of malaria globally, cannot be considered an accident, the Supreme Court held Tuesday while deciding on a case related to insurance payout.

India was the third on the list of 15 countries which accounted for 80 per cent of all malaria cases in the world in 2016, the WHO's World Malaria Report 2017 said.

One in 10 drugs sold in developing countries is fake or substandard, leading to tens of thousands of deaths, many of them of African children given ineffective treatments for pneumonia and malaria, health officials said on Tuesday.

Pakistan's health ministry on Tuesday approved the purchase of over 62 lakh mosquito nets from India.

At least 138 cases of swine flu, 412 of malaria and 73 of dengue were reported in Mumbai in the last 15 days, an official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.

World Cancer Day 2022: An estimated 10 million people die each year from cancer, which is more than HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined.

Around 14 million more cases of malaria and 69,000 more deaths due to it were reported worldwide in 2020 than in 2019 and India was the only high-burden country to have sustained a reduction in the disease burden, according to a WHO report.

Healthcare disruptions linked to the coronavirus pandemic helped malaria kill 69,000 more people in 2020 than the previous year, but a worst-case scenario was averted, the World Health Organization said on Monday.

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.

The World Health Organisation on Saturday has stopped its trials of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and combination of HIV drug lopinavir/ritonavir for the treatment of hospitalised COVID-19 patients after they failed to reduce the death rate, Al Jazeera reported.

The new coronavirus pandemic could severely disrupt access to anti-malaria nets and drugs in sub-Saharan Africa, the World Health Organization said Thursday, warning that malaria deaths risked doubling if efforts are not urgently scaled up.

An old malaria drug touted by U.S. President Donald Trump as a "game changer" in the fight against the coronavirus provided no benefit and potentially higher risk of death for patients at U.S. veterans hospitals, according to an analysis that has been submitted for expert review.

Senegal is set to continue administering hydroxychloroquine to coronavirus patients, a senior health official said Thursday, after encouraging results for those treated with the venerable anti-malarial drug.

Malaria usually shows symptoms like fever, chills, vomiting, headache muscle pain and fatigue. Mosquito bites should be prevented to control the risk of malaria. To fight against malaria, homemade soups might help as researchers have found that some of the soup recipes have anti-malarial properties.

World Mosquito Day: The day is observed in remembrance of Sir Ronald Ross. Mosquitoes are one of the deadliest insects in the world. They have the ability to carry and spread diseases to humans and are responsible for millions of deaths across the world.

Death due to malaria in Mozambique, which accounts for 5 per cent of cases of malaria globally, cannot be considered an accident, the Supreme Court held Tuesday while deciding on a case related to insurance payout.

India was the third on the list of 15 countries which accounted for 80 per cent of all malaria cases in the world in 2016, the WHO's World Malaria Report 2017 said.

One in 10 drugs sold in developing countries is fake or substandard, leading to tens of thousands of deaths, many of them of African children given ineffective treatments for pneumonia and malaria, health officials said on Tuesday.