Malaria morbidity set to rise in Goa
September 4th, 2012 - 3:10 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Sep 4 (IANS) The mosquito has been making a big buzz in Goa, hogging space in the media. The coastal state expects to see a larger number of malaria ... Read more...
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Soccer power: Kicking malaria out of Africa
July 30th, 2012 - 4:26 pm ICT by IANS
Addis Ababa, July 30 (IANS) With the Olympics on, it's a fever nobody seems to mind in the 54-nation continent at any time. Soccer fever, which afflicts nearly every African, ... Read more...
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New strategies reducing malaria deaths in Odisha (April 25 is World Malaria Day)
April 25th, 2012 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) India's health ministry is pinning its hopes on new strategies to bring down malaria deaths in Odisha's tribal and urban populations."In the last two years, ... Read more...
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Resistance to malaria drug rings alarm bells
April 8th, 2012 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 8 (IANS) Resistance to anti-malarial drug artemisinin in western Thailand is sending alarm bells ringing among global experts involved in controlling and eliminating the scrouge worldwide, a new ... Read more...
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Drug-resistant Malaria spreads along Thai-Myanmar border
April 6th, 2012 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANS
Bangkok, April 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A drug-resistant malaria strain, which health officials had hoped to contain to a small area in southwest Asia, has spread significantly along the Thai-Myanmar border, ... Read more...
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115 die of malaria till June
August 30th, 2011 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) A total of 115 people have died of malaria in the country this year till June, the Rajya Sabha was informed Tuesday.Minister of State for ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh reports 47 malaria deaths
March 1st, 2011 - 12:10 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, Feb 28 (IANS) Forty-seven people died of malaria in Chhattisgarh between April 2010 and January 2011, the state assembly was told Monday. However, opposition Congress members said the number was much ... Read more...
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‘Malaria kills over 2 lakh Indians every year’
December 18th, 2010 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
Aligarh, Dec 18 (IANS) Malaria kills around 205,000 people in India every year, more than 13 times the estimate by the World Health Organisation (WHO), an official said here Saturday.India also accounted ... Read more...
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24 malaria deaths in Chhattisgarh this year
December 7th, 2010 - 5:26 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Dec 7 (IANS) Twentyfour people have died of malaria and over one lakh people have tested positive for the disease in Chhattisgarh this year, Health Minister Amar Agrawal informed the state ... Read more...
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WHO disputes Lancet’s report on number of malaria deaths in India
October 22nd, 2010 - 5:26 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 15 (ANI): The World Health Organization has disputed the findings of a study on malaria that claimed the number of Indians dying from the mosquito-borne disease each year 13 times ... Read more...
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Malaria mortality rate underestimated in India
October 21st, 2010 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) The number of deaths from vector-borne disease malaria in India have been vastly underestimated, a centre for global health research (CGHR) report said Thursday.According to the report, ... Read more...
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Malaria deaths in India ‘13 times more than WHO estimate’
October 21st, 2010 - 1:46 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 21 (ANI): A new research has found that the number of deaths caused by malaria in India is much more than estimated.The research concludes that more than 200,000 people in ... Read more...
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FIFA ropes in Roger Milla for anti-Malaria campaign
June 15th, 2010 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
Pretoria, June 15 (IANS) Cameroon football legend Roger Milla and FIFA have teamed up in a campaign that seeks to end malaria deaths in Africa by 2015.
The campaign inspired by the first ... Read more...
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850,000 people die every year from malaria: Unicef
April 24th, 2010 - 7:25 am ICT by IANS
New York, April 24 (DPA) About 850,000 people die each year from a mosquito bite - with nearly 90 percent of all malaria deaths in sub-Saharan Africa, the UN Children's Fund (Unicef) ... Read more...
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More funds needed to tackle malaria: WHO (April 25 is World Malaria Day)
April 23rd, 2010 - 3:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Malaria, which poses a risk to 77 percent of the South-East Asian population and claims thousands of lives each year, needs more commitment and greater funds for ... Read more...
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At least 125.2m women at malaria risk become pregnant each year
January 26th, 2010 - 2:42 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 26 (ANI): A new research has found that nearly 125.2 million women at risk of malaria fall pregnant annually.The study has appeared in PLoS Medicine.Plasmodium falciparum, a protozoan parasites thriving ... Read more...
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125 million pregnancies at risk of malaria annually
January 26th, 2010 - 2:25 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 26 (IANS) At least 125.2 million pregnant women are exposed to the risk of malaria each year, says a new study.
Most malaria deaths are caused by Plasmodium falciparum, which thrives ... Read more...
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Malaria parasite transmitted from chimpanzees to humans 5,000yrs ago
August 4th, 2009 - 12:30 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 4 (ANI): University of California researchers claim to have identified what they believe is the original source of malignant malaria-a parasite found in chimpanzees in equatorial Africa.UC Irvine biologist Francisco ... Read more...
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Gates unleashes `malarial” mosquitoes on the elite
February 5th, 2009 - 2:22 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb.5 (ANI): Microsoft founder turned philanthropist Bill Gates released a glass full of mosquitoes at an elite Technology, Entertainment, Design Conference to make a point about the deadly sting of ... Read more...
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Jharkhand tribes facing Malaria deaths
November 12th, 2008 - 9:03 pm ICT by ANI
By Girija Shankar Ojha
Kuramu (Pallamu) Jharkhand, Nov.12 (ANI): Widespread ignorance, dependency on exorcism and witchcraft among tribes in Jharkhands Palamu district have become a major problem for people struggling against Malaria ... Read more...
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Massive fall in Gambian malaria cases raises hopes for rest of Africa
October 31st, 2008 - 1:37 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 31 (ANI): The incidence of malaria has dramatically reduced in The Gambia, Western Africa, in the last five years, according to a new study, which raises the possibility of ... Read more...
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299 malaria deaths, 19 dengue deaths this year in India
September 2nd, 2008 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) At least 299 people have died due to malaria and 19 others due to dengue across the country so far this year, the health ministry said ... Read more...
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‘42 malaria deaths in a month in one Madhya Pradesh district’
August 23rd, 2008 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Aug 23 (IANS) As many as 42 people have died of malaria in the past one month in Shivpuri district of Madhya Pradesh, NGO activists said here Saturday. "The dead ... Read more...
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Experts call for integrated approach to fight malaria, tropical diseases
August 7th, 2008 - 1:02 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 7 (ANI): Achieving success in the global fight against malaria may require a concurrent attack on the world''s most neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), according to a team of researchers.Peter ... Read more...
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Protein plays critical role in transmitting malaria parasite
May 29th, 2008 - 12:33 pm ICT by admin
Washington, May 29 (ANI): Researchers at the University of South Florida have shown that a transmembrane protein called MAEBL plays a critical role in transmitting the deadly malaria parasite.The study showed ... Read more...
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US entrepreneur to head UN campaign against malaria
February 15th, 2008 - 11:54 am ICT by admin
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New York, Feb 15 (DPA) Ray Chambers, a US entrepreneur, was appointed as the first UN special envoy for malaria tasked with bringing the number of deaths from the disease to zero ... Read more...
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