Malaria

Malaria cases & H1N1 death; surveillance stepped up in Ponnani

July 19, 2024

Malaria cases & H1N1 death; surveillance stepped up in Ponnani

The health dept is focusing primarily on controlling the spread of malaria within a three-kilometre radius surrounding the affected areas.

July 17, 2024
Three Malaria cases confirmed in Ponnani

DMO has urged people of Ponnani, who contracted fever within a month, to undergo a blood check.
July 17, 2024
Alappuzha reports 4 cases of Malaria; 3 migrant workers, 1 Keralite among infected

The cases were found among migrant workers from Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand as well as in a Malayali who returned from Africa.
April 26, 2024
Study shows malaria during pregnancy spikes neurological risks for babies

Symptoms of malaria range from fever, chills, and headache to fatigue, confusion, seizures, and difficulty in breathing.
January 22, 2024
World's first malaria vaccine programme for children in Cameroon

Cameroon is working with 20 other African countries to help them get the vaccine and those countries will hopefully immunise more than 6 million children through 2025.
November 27, 2023
Here is how soap helps fight malaria-carrying mosquitoes

Malaria is a devastating mosquito-borne disease that is prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and Latin America, causing fever, fatigue, headaches and chills.
October 07, 2021
WHO backs malaria vaccine rollout for Africa's children in major breakthrough

Since 2019, 2.3 million doses of Mosquirix have been administered to infants in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi in a large-scale pilot programme coordinated by the WHO.

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