Ayurveda to the rescue

'Donors give less money for neglected diseases'

DAVID H MOLYNEUX, of the Lymphatic Filariasis Support Centre, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK, tells VIBHA VARSHNEY that public health …

Curative combo

Water bug can check filariasis

Devours larval and pupal stages of the culprit mosquito

BIG FOOT

Technocure

Vector control, drug infusion to check filariasis

Letting go a good thing

After almost eradicating filaria from a Kerala taluka , there are no takers for a bio-environmental vector management project

Surprise weapon

Oil from summer cypress can combat West Nile virus

Disease eradication targets: will they be met?

The Finance Minister announced that government has action plans to eliminate kala-azar by 2017 and tuberculosis by 2025, among others

WHO reports progress in tackling tropical diseases

According to the international health agency, an estimated 1 billion people received treatment in 2015 alone

Judicious use of bioinsecticide may help control filariasis vector

A public health problem in some parts of the country, filariasis is caused by parasitic worms