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Commonwealth leaders commit over USD 4.1bn to halve malaria by 2023
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Apr. 27 (NewsVoir): In the culmination of a week of focus on a disease at a crossroads, the 53 leaders of Commonwealth nations committed to halve the burden of malaria across the Commonwealth within five years.
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Nadda examines measures for prevention, control of vector-borne diseases
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 26 (ANI): Union Minister for Health and Welfare J.P. Nadda examined the measures taken towards preparedness, prevention, and control of vector-borne diseases like dengue, malaria, and chikungunya in the country.
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Mosquito menace flies high in Hyderabad
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Mar 14 (ANI): Hyderabad has shown an alarming increase of malaria and dengue cases in the past few weeks.
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Health on focus as Naidu meets collectors for second day
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Jan. 19 (ANI): Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Chandrababu Naidu, on Friday instructed the state health officials to use flying drones for spraying anti-malarial medicines over vast areas in order to make the state disease-free within a year.
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Greater Mekong Subregion pledges to fight malaria together
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Nay Pyi Taw [Myanmar], December 8 (ANI): Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries on Friday pledged for acclerated action to eliminate malaria by 2030 in the region.
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Health minister Nadda hails WHO's Malaria report
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] November 29 (ANI): India has reduced its new malaria cases by one third and even crossed the malaria mortality targets of 2020, said Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Jagat Prakash Nadda on Wednesday.
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This anti-malaria drug may be new weapon against Zika
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 19 (ANI): A medication used to prevent and treat malaria has the potential to fight the deadly Zika virus, according to a recent study.
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MNR Brands enhances smart pest management with the launch of its latest Ul
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 14 (ANI-NewsVoir): Pest control is a necessity for most Indian households. There is the looming danger of pests like cockroaches, ants, rats and so on that can contaminate food and seriously affect health. Moreover, flying insects like mosquitoes and flies can also cau
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No, anti-malaria drug can't be used to treat diabetes
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 4 (ANI): A recent study has quashed the results of an earlier study, suggesting that a drug used to treat malaria does not, after all, create new insulin-producing cells.
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Scientists find a headway in Antimalarial Drugs
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 27 (ANI): A team of researchers has recently discovered new targets for drug development against life-threatening malaria parasite, which needs two proteins to infect red blood cells and exit after multiplying.
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Andhra Govt. to distribute mosquito nets across state
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Amravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], October 23 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Health Minister Kamineni Srinivas on Monday announced that the state government will distribute 21,52,000 mosquito nets on October 24 in order to prevent the mosquito-borne diseases from spreading.
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Jharkhand CM refutes starvation as cause of deaths in state
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], October 23 (ANI): Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Monday denied that deaths in Simdega and Dhanbad were due to starvation.
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