Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) today launched six audio and video mobile vans to create awareness against dengue and malaria.
Mayor, Mr Sovan Chatterjee said the civic authorities will allot special funds in next budget for to create health awareness.
The vans will cover the 141 wards of the KMC area in the next two months and CDs will be played to inform people about the dos and don

KOLKATA 21 OCT: With a rise in dengue cases in the city, doctors have warned residents to remove stagnant water in their homes to avoid breeding of mosquitoes.
Mr Atin Ghosh, member, mayor in council (health), said the civic authorities will put up flex boards soon on auto-rickshaws specifying dos and don'ts. Auto-rickshaws willing to put up the boards will be given Rs 150 a month.

Dengue is breeding in Assam.

The death of two persons because of dengue has put Dispur on high alert with the health department contemplating a study to locate possible breeding space in the state for the dengue-causing aedes aegypti mosquito.

This follows the death of Sanjib Bordoloi, 50, in Dibrugarh yesterday, who according to health department sources "had never been outside the state in

Jamshedpur, Oct.

New Delhi: Two

Targeting state government for deaths due to Dengue, Samajwadi party on Thursday accused officials for neglecting public health services.

SP spokes person Rajendra Chaudhary said, despite numerous deaths in state capital state Minister for health and Medical Services, Anant Mishra have not visited hospitals which shows apathy on part of the government.

The only action chief minister's office

NEW DELHI: No single coordinating authority exists between the Delhi Government and the various civic agencies in the city to ensure that the preventive efforts taken to contain dengue, malaria and other seasonal diseases are put on a common platform and synchronised.

Malaysia could be the first country in Asia to use genetically modified mosquitoes to battle a rise in dengue fever, government authorities said on Monday. The programme calls for genetically engineered male mosquitoes to be released into the wild that would mate with females and produce offspring that live shorter lives, thus curbing the population.

kids admitted at Institute 15 of Child Health, Chennai in the last 10 days with symptoms of dengue such cases 21 reported in the last week across the State dengue 986 cases reported in TN between January and September this year Deadly bite Dengue is transmitted to humans by Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti or more rarely the Aedes albopictus mosquito.
Symptoms include sudden onset of fever plus headache

Ranchi, Oct. 10: Dengue finally seems to be on its way out of the capital.

Doctors at Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) heaved a sigh of relief today as the number of dengue patients undergoing treatment fell to 13 after peaking at 30 on October 7.

As many as 17 patients were released over the past two days from the RIMS isolation ward.