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Over 6 lakh lives lost due to malaria in 2024, drug resistance a major...
India accounted for 73.3 per cent of all cases in the WHO South-East Asia Region. The country also reported 88.7 per cent per cent of all deaths in...
Urgent action, solidarity needed in fight against malaria in...
17 Jun 2025 10:23 PM ISTThe World Health Organisation (WHO) has recorded more than 260 million global malaria cases, with over 600,000 deaths, three-quarters of them children...
Rising cost: A plan to end Africa's scourge of malaria
24 May 2025 6:00 AM ISTNine AU member countries – Algeria, Cabo Verde, Egypt, Lesotho, Libya, Mauritius, Morocco, the Seychelles, and Tunisia – have become malaria-free,...
India has significantly reduced its malaria incidence, mortality: WHO
12 Dec 2024 1:07 PM ISTThe malaria caseload in India was slashed by 69 per cent from 6.4 million (64 lakh) in 2017 to two million (20 lakh) in 2023
Malaria cases, deaths in India decline by 69pc between 2017-2023: WHO
11 Dec 2024 5:15 PM ISTMalaria is a life-threatening disease spread to humans by female Anopheles mosquitoes. It is preventable and curable.
New vaccine offers high protection against malaria
26 Nov 2024 6:06 PM ISTWhile 10 participants were assigned to the GA2 group, another 10 were added to the GA1 group, and five to the placebo group.
1st malaria vaccine offers protection for pregnant women
15 Aug 2024 11:55 AM ISTWhile it can cause illness in people of any age, pregnant women, infants, and very young children are particularly vulnerable to life-threatening...
TN govt forms committee to respond to climate-mediated diseases
29 July 2024 7:00 AM ISTIn a government order dated July 23, department secretary P Senthil Kumar said that the ‘One Health and Climate Strategic Committee’ will have 23...