Why do we need to worry about antimicrobial resistance in the time of COVID-19?

As more and more antimicrobials are used to control the virus and the co-infections, this indiscriminate use will further increase AMR

World Health Statistics 2015: some achievements, many concerns

Down To Earth highlights the world’s performance on health-related development goals, where our successes lie and where efforts are still a …

Science and Technology - Briefs

Dengue - reality bites

The millions affected have many to curse -- the mosquitoes, officials and the scientific communityby Ritu Gupta

Needed: People's participation

Communities and state governments have to play a more important role

Hassan: Holding on

MRC's operations are still going on in this Karnataka district, but their fate is uncertain

Kolar: The dilemma continues

Although the MRC's work is still going on, the community remains has not been educated to continue with it

Kheda: Forgotten glory

This is where it all started. And now, there is no sign of past successes

Hardwar: Not without help

The malaria control operations have been successful only because of help from a large public sector corporation

Chennai: beginning of a new policy

New bye-laws might help in dealing with malaria

Pondichery: The gnats live on

Even the memory of initial success of bioenvironmental approach has been wiped off

Goa: Back to square one

For mysterious reasons, the state government is highly sceptical of the MRC's work

Pops out

Bytes

Mumbai hit with diseases after rains

Science & Technology - Briefs

Climate change

50 years of international aid: World’s richest countries owe $5.7 trillion debt to poor, says OXFAM

Substantial debt owed to world’s poorest people 9 times more than sub-Saharan Africa’s stock of external debt at 2019-end

Scientists make DNA barcode of malaria parasite

It can help prevent spread of drug-resistant malaria from one region to another

Malaria, dengue detection made easy

Doctors evolve mathematical formula to pinpoint most likely cause of fever

Curative resolve

A dose of political will, backed by communication skills, can help combat infectious diseases

Bytes

More floods, no winter

The Gates accounts

Breakthrough in search for new malaria cure

Scientists find a way to block malaria parasite from making itself at home inside host blood cells; research opens up possibilities of new …