AHMEDABAD: If you thought malaria and dengue affected only slums or lower-middle class localities, you are mistaken.

Last month, consolidated data showed that western and posh new western parts of the city accounted for a large chunk of vector-borne diseases. The western and new western parts of the city reported 312 malaria cases, while the northern part of the city recorded the least — 57 cases. This, according to Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) was because of greater incidence of relapses.

Asia accounts for 88 percent of all malaria cases and most of the 46,000 annual deaths occurring outside Africa, a new report shows Friday as experts demand more urgency in fighting the deadly dise

Indian Public Health Association (IPHA) expressed its apprehensions over dengue-related deaths in Madurai district.

Anti-larval measures intensified following rise in dengue cases

With 450 cases of dengue being reported across the city, Delhi Health Minister A.K. Walia on Monday directed all the government and private hospitals having platelet separator machines and blood banks to ensure that their equipment was in perfect working condition and able to produce platelets and allied produce round-the-clock.

One hundred and seventy-four children dead in 2010, 133 in 2011, 158 this year.

The civic bodies seem ill prepared to meet the rising cases of dengue and malaria in the Capital with a majority of posts in the North Delhi Municipal Corporation’s malaria department lying vacant.

The spurt in dengue cases has prompted Delhi Health Minister Dr A K Walia to warn officials responsible for fumigation and other drives to contain mosquito breeding that dereliction of duty would n