Scientists have long debated how and where it originated malaria infection caused by a parasite transmitted by the bite of a mosquito. Now an international team of scientists seems to have found the answer. Genetic analysis of the parasite Plasmodium falciparum revealed that he came to South America, relatively recently, from Africa to the transatlantic […]
Colombo Municipal Council Has Taken 500 Liters Of Local BTI Bacteria From Malaria Campaign
The Colombo Municipal Council has taken 500 liters of Locally made BTI Bacteria last week from Anti Malaria Campaign to spray in Dengue Risk Areas in Colombo City according to the Colombo Chief MOH Dr.Pradeep Kariyawasam.The Officers have already sprayed the BTI Bacteria in to Dengue Risk Areas of Eastern Colombo ,Borella,Thimbirigasyaya,Kirulapana and Havlock Town […]
Sri Lanka-Awareness Walk On Malaria To Be Held In Non Malaria City?
Although Malaria Patients are not reported from Colombo The Anti Malaria Campaign Officials are Organizing an Awareness Walk on Malaria in the City Of Colombo on 25th of April instead of holding it in a area prone to Malaria it has been reported. This Walk is organized to mark the World Malaria Day and to […]
Nigeria, others race against time in the fight against malaria
WITH merely two years to meet the global targets of delivering effective, affordable protection against the debilitating disease, BEN UKWUOMA and CHUKWUMA MUANYA write that recent efforts by the international community, have led to hopes that malaria could be eliminated as a public health problem before the end of the next decade. It is a […]
Malaria kills two children every minute.
Each year 300 million people are infected by malaria. It is very important to combat the disease,as it acts like a mass murder. Malaria is one of the diseases that cause most deaths and other diseases throughout the world. When the mosquito sting a person,the person gets the parasite into the blood,where it multiple. Malaria […]
India’s Malaria Epidemic Vastly Underestimated, Study Shows
Amitabh Ghosh’s book, The Calcutta Chromosome reminds us in India of the country’s long association with Malaria. On 20 August 1897, in Secunderabad, Sir Ronald Ross, an Army doctor with the Indian medical service, in the course of experiments conducted in Kolkata’s Presidency General Hospital(PG Hospital to you and me !) and Secundrabad ,he found […]
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