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'If we end inequity, we end COVID-19 pandemic': WHO chief
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], January 1 (ANI): As the world enters its third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was confident that the pandemic will end in 2022 "if we end inequity" together.
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Over 3.3 mn lives lost due to COVID this year, 2022 must be year we end pa
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 21 (ANI): Noting that over 3.3 million people have lost their lives to COVID-19 this year - more deaths than from HIV, malaria and tuberculosis combined in 2020 -- WHO has said that "2022 must be the year we end the pandemic".
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Here's how immune system builds long-term memory
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 18 (ANI): Scientists from Japan have discovered a fundamental part of the immune system's long-term memory, detailing how to design better vaccines for diseases, ranging from COVID-19 to malaria.
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Scientists find new details about how immune system builds long-term memor
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 17 (ANI): Experts in Japan have identified a fundamental part of the immune system's long-term memory, providing a useful new detail in the pursuit to design better vaccines for diseases, ranging from COVID-19 to malaria.
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Delhi adds 285 dengue cases in a week, total tally rises to 9,260
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 13 (ANI): Delhi reported 285 cases of dengue in the week ending December 11, raising the total case tally in the city to 9,260, highest in the last six years.
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WHO says global inequities prevent elimination of HIV, Tuberculosis, Malar
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Economic and health inequalities remain a major obstacle toward achieving global and national targets in eliminating AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a report released on Thursday.
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Study finds natural killer cells might fight malaria
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Copenhagen [Denmark], November 29 (ANI): Every year, about half a million kids die due to malaria in Africa. It is a deadly disease that has spread globally and is caused by malaria-infected mosquitoes.
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Directions for containing dengue in Delhi fallen on deaf ears, remarks HC
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 23 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday remarked that its earlier directions over lack of efficiency of municipal employees in containing vector-borne diseases like dengue, malaria and chikungunya had fallen on deaf ears.
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Delhi adds 2,569 dengue cases over a week, total tally crosses 5,000; high
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 15 (ANI): Delhi has reported a total of 5,277 dengue cases this year of which 2,569 cases were recorded in the last week ending November 13, as per the report of the municipal corporation.
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New knowledge about naturally acquired immunity may improve malaria vaccin
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Copenhagen [Denmark], November 15 (ANI): Scientists all over the globe are working to understand malaria parasite infections to fight them.
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Study finds unexpected antibody type in people with malaria infections
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 3 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) have detected antibodies primarily made in response to infections in the mucous membranes -- in such areas as the lungs, intestines, or vagina -- in study participants with malaria.
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Amid spike in Dengue cases, Delhi govt allows hospitals to divert one-thir
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 30 (ANI): The Delhi government on Saturday allowed the hospitals in the national capital to divert one-third of beds reserved only for COVID-19 patients to the patients of Dengue, Malaria and Chikungunya, as per the official order.
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