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...
20 Dec, 2024, 10.09 PM IST
WHO certifies Egypt as malaria-freeEgypt has been certified as malaria-free by the WHO after nearly a century of efforts. This historic achievement required proving interrupt...
20 Oct, 2024, 11.14 PM IST
116 districts in India reported zero malaria cases in 2020: Health minister Harsh VardhanThe minister said the World Health Organisation (WHO) has attributed India's success to rejuvenated political commitment, strengthened tech...
23 Apr, 2021, 09.36 PM IST
Say 'Ok Google, talk to Malaria No More' on Android devices to get info on diseaseThe feature will be available in Hindi and English, and will answer questions like 'What is malaria fever?', 'What are the types of malaria...
26 Nov, 2020, 06.24 PM IST
Raise a roast for malaria-free coffeeMosquito-promoting farming needs to be curbed; fair trade isn’t enough.
12 Mar, 2020, 08.45 AM IST
Chernin, Times Internet, Star tie up to end malaria by 2030“Three years ago, we started focussing on India for two reasons. It is the fourth-largest malaria region in the world. We started seeing dr...
19 Nov, 2019, 11.47 AM IST
Tata Trusts to start project to eradicate malaria in IndiaTata Trusts chairman Ratan Tata, managing trustee R Venkataramanan and head of innovation Manoj Kumar will bet the trustees of the new Inst...
27 Sep, 2017, 11.20 AM IST
Malaria to be eliminated from 15 states by 2020: GovernmentBy 2020 we will be able to eliminate malaria from 15 states with an annual parasite incidence (API) of less than one case per thousand popu...
14 May, 2017, 12.48 PM IST
India needs $18 billion to win battle against malariaIndia, with the highest malaria burden outside Africa, will need an investment of $18 billion to achieve its 2030 deadline to eliminate the...
12 Dec, 2016, 10.51 AM IST
Sun Pharma, others ink pact for malaria project in MandlaThe lessons learned from this demonstration project will be useful for scaling up malaria elimination programme in the rest of the state an...
15 Nov, 2016, 06.12 PM IST
Malaria toll in Delhi rises to 6According to a senior municipal health official the malaria deaths were reported at various hospitals in from July to September.
20 Sep, 2016, 09.59 PM IST
Centre sets target of making India ‘malaria-free’ by 2030India has set specific milestones and targets as part of a national framework to strategically eliminate malaria by 2030, the global deadli...
13 Feb, 2016, 11.28 AM IST
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research publishes paper on breakthrough in malaria vaccineThe need for a vaccine to control malaria has become important because of emerging resistance to existing anti-malarial pills.
22 Oct, 2015, 11.34 AM IST
India may battle malaria on its own as international agencies plan to divert financesIndia may have to ramp up its funding to eliminate malaria as several international agencies are expected to divert finances to more demand...
30 Sep, 2015, 12.32 PM IST
Dengue menace: Aam Aadmi Party to open 'fever clinics' in DelhiPandey said the party has approached doctors in its capacity and these medicos will provide "free treatment" to dengue patients.
17 Sep, 2015, 06.31 PM IST
Cancer-fighting drugs might stop malaria earlyMalaria is caused by a single-celled parasite called Plasmodium that spreads from person to person through mosquito bites.
26 Aug, 2014, 01.53 PM IST
World Health Organisation calls for greater investment to check malariaEven though the number of confirmed malaria cases in the region decreased from 2.9 million in 2000 to 2 million in 2012, malaria remains a ...
24 Apr, 2014, 04.02 PM IST