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Jamshedpur: About 30 villagers have tested positive for malaria in the last 24 hours in the three villages of the Tonto block in West Singhbhum distri.

Could the solution to the decades-long battle against malaria be as simple as soap? In a new study published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, scientists at The University of Texas at El Paso have made a compelling case for it.

Antimicrobial resistance is an epidemic that kills close to 5 million people annually. The solutions are complex and must take into account the needs of the poor.

Bhubaneswar: The health and family welfare department has directed the heads of all public healthcare institutions across Odisha to take steps and ens.

The Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria held its 50th meeting this week in Geneva, Switzerland. Two months after the release of the Global Fund’s Results Report, Board members praised the unprecedented progress achieved in the fight against the three diseases in 2022 and the significant investments made to strengthen health systems around the world, including through the reprogramming of funds from the Global Fund’s COVID-19 pandemic response.

Adding a dash of soap could boost the potency of some insecticides.

To shield travellers from malaria, the essential steps involve taking prescription medication and employing preventive measures against mosquito bites, as there isnt a malaria vaccine available.

The mass mosquito net campaign is a proactive step towards the Universal Health Coverage programme.

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) welcomes a contribution by the Anne and Chris Flowers Foundation of US$1 million to support the Global Fund’s MOSASWA regional grant, a trilateral agreement between the governments of Mozambique, South Africa and Eswatini to accelerate malaria elimination in Southern Africa.

The parasite causing malaria,Plasmodium spp, was discovered in 1880 by Sir Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran.