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

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Mumbai hit with diseases after rains

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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

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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 …

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In Brief

Inextricably linked

A United Nations report highlights the connection between environment and health

Anthony McMichael on health risks from climate change

ANTHONY MCMICHAEL heads the International Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health at the Australian National University, and is a member …