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Kejriwal announces special campaign against dengue in Delhi
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 28 (ANI): The Delhi government on Wednesday announced a special campaign aimed at tackling dengue and chikungunya in the national capital.
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AGO trap: Eliminates female mosquitoes to help curb chikungunya virus
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 28 (ANI): A disease control centre developed an Autocidal Gravid Ovitrap (AGO trap) that attracts and captures female mosquitoes looking for a site to lay eggs. After which researchers reported that AGO traps successfully protected people from infection with chiku
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Community efforts in right direction can prevent Vector Borne Diseases: Ha
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan emphasised on the need of community efforts in the right direction to help in preventing Vector-Borne Diseases (VBDs) such as Malaria, Dengue and Chikungunya.
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Hyderabad witnessing spurt in vector, water-borne diseases with onset of m
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 18 (ANI): With the onset of monsoon in Hyderabad, cases of vector and water-borne diseases have witnessed a surge in the city.
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'8,058 Dengue cases reported across country this year'
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday launched a three-day "Jan Jagrukta Abhiyaan" in Delhi to sensitize people on Vector-Borne Diseases (VBDs).
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Centre to launch awareness drive in Delhi from tomorrow to combat vector-b
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 16 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry will launch a three-day public awareness drive in Delhi from tomorrow to sensitise people on measures for prevention and control of vector-borne diseases such as malaria, dengue and chikungunya.
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Harsh Vardhan holds talk with Delhi officials to prevent monsoon diseases
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Thursday held a meeting with the state service providers including Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain on Thursday to discuss about the preventive measures to be taken to avoid the spread of monsoon diseases such as den
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91 dengue cases reported in India so far, 22 in Delhi: Govt
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): The Ministry of Health released on Thursday this year's figures regarding the number of cases of vector-borne diseases like dengue, malaria and Chikungunya.
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Union Health Minister reviews preparedness to keep waterborne diseases und
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): As monsoon sets in, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan along with Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain on Thursday met Health Department and civic body officials and discussed measures to be taken to prevent the outbreak of waterborne diseases in the nationa
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We are prepared to deal with challenge of dengue, chikungunya: Kejriwal
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), June 20 (ANI): Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said that his government is prepared to deal with the challenge of dengue and chikungunya -- two water-borne diseases which hit the city-state every year during the monsoon.
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Mosquito-borne diseases set to flourish as climate gets warmer
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 15 (ANI): A recent study has claimed that with the climate getting warmer with every passing year, the geographical range of vector-borne diseases such as chikungunya, dengue fever, leishmaniasis, and tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is expanding rapidly.
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Factors linked to chikungunya, dengue outbreaks discovered
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] July 25(ANI): In one of the largest studies of its kind, researchers analyzed chikungunya and dengue outbreak data from 76 countries over a period of 50 years.
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