In 2017, India reported 9.6 million cases of malaria. Its burden is among the highest in the world. As such, any new tools to limit transmission of the disease comes as welcome news. Only Mozambique, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Nigeria registered a higher burden of malaria than India. India accounts for …
Amidst fears of a dengue fever outbreak in Bihar state capital Patna, the state health department is readying itself. Waterlogged following a period of heavy rainfall, Patna has registered almost 250 dengue cases since September 27th – compared to 409 cases registered between January 1st and September 27th. Across the state, flooding has affected 1,400 …
Experts have called for Karnataka to formulate a new strategy in tackling Kyasanur forest disease (KFD) or ‘monkey fever’. The disease, which is endemic in south Asia, made headlines at the beginning of this year following an outbreak in the Shivamogga district. Between November 2018 and April 2019, 342 KFD infections were reported in the …
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Penicillin, a medication formerly dropped from production in India, may be making a comeback. A committee comprising of a number of officials from the Department of Health Research has been formed with the intention of addressing the burden of rheumatic fever in the country. Rheumatic fever is a streptococcal infection that can later lead to …
Swine flu cases could hit numbers as high as the 2016 and 2017 outbreaks, as disease cases surge across India. 2018 saw a lull in disease cases as 14,992 people contracted swine flu and 1,103 died as a result. Previous years saw the disease wreak a far more devastating impact. 38,811 cases were reported in …
Mumbai has, in recent years, revised its approach to tackling rabies within the city. This new strategy has borne fruit as the number of disease cases has fallen to an all-time low. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Mumbai’s strategy in disease prevention was to cull the vast numbers of stray dogs wandering the streets. An …
Rajasthan state capital Jaipur is taking a hard line in its efforts to control mosquito-borne diseases, imposing fines against those who allow for breeding sites on their property. At the time of writing, 141 homeowners in the city have been served with challans within a one-month period for failing to deal with breeding sites on …
Tuberculosis (TB) cases spiked in India last year, according to the latest government figures. This is according to the latest government figures, which indicated that 27 lakh cases were recorded in the country in 2018. This included 21.5 lakh cases notified to the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) compared to eighteen lakh cases notified …
At the United Nations meeting on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in New York, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid out his approach to achieving UHC in India. The approach revolves around four pillars, each assessing a different aspect of the provision of healthcare. The meeting occurred following the one-year anniversary of Modi’s flagship healthcare scheme Ayushman …
In 2011, a woman was admitted to a private hospital in Gujarat complaining of abdominal pains and persistent vomiting. A few days after being admitted to the hospital, the woman was dead. Soon after, Dr Gagan Sharma and nurse Asha John, who had attended to the patient, died following similar symptoms. The condition in question …
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