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Dengue Officials in Cambodia Brace for “nightmare Season”
As Cambodia enters its dengue season, with outbreaks in four out of 24 provinces, the National Dengue Control Programme (NDCP) is warning that a repeat of the 2007 epidemic – when about 40,000 people were hospitalized, more than 10,000 in one week...
Malaria Cases in Malawi Double Since 2005
Deputy Director for National Malaria Control Programme for Malawi Doreen Alli said Thursday that Malaria cases in the country have almost doubled from about 3.7million cases in 2005 to about 6.1million in 2010.
India’s North Eastern States to Intensify Malaria Control
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the proposal of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare for Intensified Malaria Control Project-II (IMCP-II) for seven North Eastern States (except Sikkim) under National Vector Borne Disease Control...
Nigeria Spends Over $900m on Malaria Treatment Annually
Nigeria spends more than $900 million on the treatment of malaria annually, Dr Babajide Coker, the Coordinator, Roll-Back-Malaria Programme said on Tuesday in Abuja.
Border Row Between Cambodia And Thailand Could Aid Spread of Drug-resistant Malaria
Health officials warn that an ongoing border dispute and subsequent military build-up along the Thai-Cambodian frontier could undermine global efforts to contain drug-resistant malaria, citing limited access for surveillance, early diagnosis and treatment. How...
Major Clinical Trial Prompts Call for Change to Treatment Guidelines for Severe Malaria Worldwide
The largest ever clinical trial in patients hospitalized with severe malaria has concluded that the drug artesunate should now be the preferred treatment for the disease in both children and adults everywhere in the world. The study, funded by the Wellcome...
Now Mosquito-borne Diseases Threaten Pakistan’s Flood Victims
An outbreak of dengue fever has hit the Pakistani coastal city of Karachi, with five reported deaths out of 1,000 confirmed cases, triggering a run on shops selling mosquito nets.
Dengue Fever Numbers Drop in Sri Lanka
Health officials in Sri Lanka are reporting a significant drop in the number of reported dengue cases. “Numbers are going down throughout the island,” Prishanthy Wijesinghe, a senior official with the Ministry of Health’s Epidemiology...
