Climate change causes species to change habitats

A warmer climate is playing havoc with both flora and fauna

Will Africa meet its sanitation target?

African countries, although serious about safe and total sanitation, are likely to miss Sustainable Development Goals by 2030

Fever kills 202 in Bareilly, district administration records just 28

The district hospital has one bed for every two patients suffering from fever and just two physicians to attend to them

What did the last IPCC report say

Before IPCC releases the special report on global warming, take a look at how the panel has warned us before

Deal with Russia air defence system

Did you know dogs can detect malaria in our breath?

Using dogs to detect malaria in humans can help speed up global eradication of the disease as the method is non-invasive and allows many samples …

Evergreen shrub may be a source of new cancer diagnostic agent

Nano carbon material extracted from the leaves of Sada bahar exhibits strong fluorescence, which makes them potentially suited for use in …

WHO launches high impact plan to check malaria

The newly launched response, high burden to high impact, builds on the principle that no one should die from a disease that can be easily prevented

Lack of global funds likely to kill millions from malaria: WHO

The world fell short of US 1.3 billion in 2017 to check malaria and at least 400,000 are likely to die in 2018 if enough funds are not arranged

Health interventions can help reduce burden of Neglected Tropical Diseases

The challenges to NTD elimination in Africa are multifaceted, but political commitments and the financial support is enabling the continent to …

SDG remains a distant dream in Sub-Saharan region

Africa's progress is crucial to the world achieving the 37 health-related indicators under the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals by …

Rewind 2018: Health roundup of India

Major developments, policies, reports and disputes in the health sector

Activists help reduce malaria cases in Odisha

Accredited Social Health Activists’ efforts brought down malaria deaths in the state from 89 in 2014 to 4 in 2018

Anti-malaria drug may be repurposed to treat Zika

A team of Indian researchers identify a viral protein that can be targeted by an already available anti-malarial drug — hydroxychloroquine (HCQ)

Simply put: Diseased India

World Malaria Day: How Africa plans to fight the disease

Malawi becomes the first African nation to roll out landmark vaccine, Ghana and Kenya to join the league soon; Uganda adopts a new mass action …

As a Malian, the slogan 'zero malaria starts with me' has special meaning

Researchers in Africa are in the early stages of developing a genetically modified mosquito that can only produce male offspring

World Malaria Day: More cases in states less prone to disease

While the total number of cases in India declined in 2018, there was a bump in less susceptible states like Uttar Pradesh 

World Malaria Day: ‘If we don’t become complacent, we can eliminate malaria like 1965’

PL Joshi, former head of National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme talks to Down To Earth about how malaria vaccination, surveillance and …

World Malaria Day: New coordinated effort for malaria research unveiled

The Malaria Elimination Research Alliance India will bring together various stakeholders on a single platform to identify and prioritise research …

Simply put: India will eliminate Malaria by 2030

A lone warrior who fights malaria and saves lives

For the past two decades, Ram Kumari has been single-handedly ensuring timely diagnosis of the disease in her village in Chhattisgarh

WHO declares Algeria, Argentina malaria-free

Algeria last reported indigenous transmission of the disease in 2013, while Argentina recorded its last case in 2010

Five countries had zero malaria cases in 2018: WHO

While China and El Salvador reported no cases for second consecutive year; Iran, Malaysia & Timor-Leste had zero cases of the …

ICMR scientists identify new biomarker for malaria

Researchers from National Institute of Research in Tribal Health, Jabalpur has identified a genetic sequence in the body of malaria parasite