Jaipur: Health department has geared up to prevent the spread of vector-borne diseases.

Outapi — Namibia has made tremendous progress in reducing malaria cases by 98 percent and deaths by 95 percent between 2001 and 2015.

Health officials in Rwanda have raised a red flag over the upsurge in malaria cases which they say has been on the increase over the past months.

Six countries in Africa, the continent where malaria is most widespread, could be free of the disease by 2020, according to a WHO report published Monday to mark World Malaria Day.

In a study they might be helpful for malaria control, scientists said Thursday that resistance to the antimalarial drug atovaquone cannot be passed on by mosquitoes.

By spending less than $5 per person on essential health care services such as contraception, medication for serious illnesses and nutritional supplements, millions of maternal and child lives could