City doctors have reported a spurt in dengue and malaria cases this month and attribute it to the fluctuating temperature and the intermittent rains.

Malaria continues to be a giant killer in Odisha though death toll from the disease has declined over the past four years. This year, 18 people have died of the mosquito-borne disease.

Improved living conditions could make vector control operations more effective in preventing malaria in children.

The threat of diseases such as dengue and malaria looms large over parts of the city that were flooded in the first spell of monsoon last week. The district malaria control department has already registered six cases of malaria and same number of patients are expected to be admitted in different private hospitals of Gurgaon.

The Global Fund (The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria) offered a grant of US $ 1.9 million to the Sri Lankan government for use on TB control activities.

On Thursday, the Gujarat high court (HC) asked the state government and Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) to file a monthly report showing the number of people affected by malaria and dengue an

‘State has 36,000 HIV+ people in the grey zone who are unaware of the infection’

Of the 6.51 lakh units of blood collected in Karnataka from April 2012 to March 2013, 1,096 were found to be HIV positive and therefore discarded. Shockingly, of these, a mere 236 (21.5 per cent) HIV+ people were referred to Integrated Testing and Counselling Centres (ICTC) for further counselling and treatment.

Barely days into monsoon and the city has already witnessed an alarming jump in malaria cases, laying bare the poor vector control preparation by civic authorities.

With nearly 70% of malaria cases being reported from the slums and South Kanpur localities, the medical health and family welfare department has decided to take comprehensive anti-malaria measures

State of food security in Pakistan has deteriorated since 2003. The conditions for it are inadequate in 80 out of 131 districts of Pakistan.