It looks neither malaria nor dengue but pneumonia and Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) are proving to be Odisha’s biggest emergency health threat.

In 2000, the Millennium Development Goals pledged to halt and to begin to reverse the incidence of malaria by 2015.

Nairobi — Malaria is killing three children each day in an overcrowded camp sheltering civilians in South Sudan, a medical charity said, as people continue to flee fighting despite an August peace

Panic gripped Jaiwant village in Mewat today as more than 200 children were reportedly taken ill after a precautionary dose of chloroquine was administered to them in a local government school here

Staff Reduced, Preventive Steps Badly Hit

Efforts being made by the local health authorities notwithstanding, Mewat district remains infested with malaria-causing mosquitoes.

Mosquitoes will appear in much greater numbers in the Arctic as it warms because of climate change, with negative consequences for caribou and the indigenous people who live off them, researchers w