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'I gave birth in the street': Conflict makes childbirth risky in parts of AfricaMothers in the Central African Republic face dire circumstances. Moreover, aid cuts have closed vital health services, forcing women to giv...- Ebola virus in India? Here's the latest update on the Bengaluru scare, symptoms and precautions explainedEbola virus in Bangalore: A woman returning from Uganda was quarantined in Bengaluru with Ebola-like symptoms. Her tests have come back neg...
- The first drug to treat infants sick with malaria is approved by Swiss authoritySwissmedic has approved Coartem Baby, a malaria medicine specifically formulated for infants weighing 2 to 5 kilograms. This marks the firs...
- India registers 'significant progress' in reducing malaria cases: WHOIndia has made significant strides in reducing malaria cases and deaths, exiting the WHO's high-burden group. Community health workers, pri...
- Serum Institute of India's new 'high efficacy' malaria vaccine rolls out in AfricaThe Serum Institute of India (SII) and Oxford University have launched a "high efficacy" malaria vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, in Cote d'Ivoire. A...
- World Malaria Day 2023: Theme, significance, key detailsWorld Malaria Day is an important observance day that highlights the ongoing efforts to control and eventually eliminate malaria.
- Oxford University, Serum Institute of India tie-up delivers 'high efficacy' malaria vaccineThe R21/Matrix-M vaccine, leveraging Novavax's adjuvant technology, has been approved for use in children aged 5 to 36 months - the age gro...
- Artificial light may aid in controlling malaria, likely to alter mosquito biologyThe use of artificial lights can trick malaria-transmitting mosquito species that feed nocturnally into behaving as if it's daytime.
- India should set up its malaria vax manufacturing units in AfricaBharat Biotech will be manufacturing the recently approved vaccine Mosquirix for combating malaria. Setting up production units in Africa w...
- WHO approved a malaria vaccine for children – a global health expert explains why that is a big dealApproval of the RTS,S/AS01 vaccine, which goes by the name Mosquirix, provides a "glimmer of hope" for Africa, according to Dr. Matshidiso ...
- WHO recommends world's first malaria vaccine for children at riskThe decision followed a review of a pilot programme deployed since 2019 in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi in which more than two million doses wer...
- India recorded largest reductions in malaria cases in South-East Asia between 2000-2019: WHOWHO noted the "impressive gains" made by India in the fight against malaria, with reductions in cases and deaths of 18 per cent and 20 per ...
- Fight against malaria could be set back 20 years, WHO warnsThe WHO said new projections indicate that in a worst-case scenario, 769,000 people could die of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa this year as...
- P.vivax strain of malaria poses new lethal threat to India, says WHOExperts say, P.vivax is proving to be an extremely difficult parasite as it does not readily respond to the existing control measures
- WHO calls for enhanced efforts for malaria controlOf the 18.9 million P vivax malaria cases reported in 2012, nearly 13 million were from countries in the WHO South-East Asia Region, mainly...
- Malaria on decline in India, half a million die globally: WHOIndia has seen a "major" decline in the number of deaths caused by Malaria in the last three years even as more than half a million people ...
- Over 111 crore Indians at risk of getting infected with malaria: World Malaria Report 2014The country also faces the most deadly threat of the malaria strain becoming resistant to the most advanced drugs available till date.
- First malaria vaccine may be ready next yearThe world's first malaria vaccine will be available in the market by next year. Pharma company GSK has submitted a regulatory application t...
- Drug-resistant malaria may spread, India warnedA new research has warned that drug-resistant malaria parasites on the border of Thailand & Myanmar may spread to India.
- Ranbaxy launches clinical trials for anti-malaria drugPharma firm Ranbaxy Laboratories on Monday said it has launched clinical trials for its anti-malaria drug Arterolanc maleate Piperaquine ph...
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