News Briefs

A tryst winth death

The land of the Brahmaputra recurrently reels under terrible onslaughts of a scourge

Borne again

Why is malaria, an easily preventable ailment, showing signs of resurging in all its fury, and what are we doing to contain its marauding steps?

Catching viruses

Brand new infectious maladies such as Jacobson's disease have begun to plague the world, despite better sanitation and medication in developed …

Playing with poison

It is better to act early, than wait for ddt to take its toll on humans

Managing malaria

The case of malaria is an example of how excessive reliance on insecticides has damaged the environment and harmed public health

Rising trend

Bad faith?

The state of regulation

Techno tracks

Emerging scenarios, new dilemmas

No Need

Requirement doesn't drive immunisation

Off Beat

Tinkering, not marking the great leap

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

Why's malaria taking its toll?

Assam faces a spate of malaria deaths. As the disease assumes near epidemic proportions, it is becoming increasingly clear that the government …

Chikungunya

Chikungunya

Recalcitrant regime

Malaria thrives on administration in denial

Feverish inactivity

A gang of ten

A Rajasthan village entrusts anti-malaria campaign to children; they do remarkable work