RAYAGADA: As many as four children have died of several water-borne diseases in Sanabacha village in Kashipur block within three weeks and 30 persons diagnosed with malaria in the same village.

On a global tour to raise one million dollars for eradicating malaria, a single engined turboprop aircraft of Australia's GippsAero, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mahindra Aerospace, has arrived in Bangalore.

AIZAWL, June 24

Poornima Nataraj Bangalore, June 23, DHNS

The rainy season has not only shown the lack of preparedness by civic agencies, but has also led to new mosquito related health outbreaks in the City.

The State Health Department has reported 251 dengue cases and 310 chikungunya cases this year from January to June.

M. Dinesh Varma

Through online mapping of epidemiological data

Two-year project is funded by the

IT Ministry

The software will also be designed to generate mobile alerts

CHENNAI: An IT Ministry-funded project is under way to help health administrators frame emergency responses to outbreak of swine flu and other vector-borne diseases through online mapping of epidemiological data.

To prevent malaria from spreading in the city, an awareness camp was organised in the Mauli Jagran colony on Wednesday. District Family Officer Dr Rajiv Vadhera, while inaugurating the camp, said there was an urgent need to involve people in the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme.

N. Gopal Raj

After heading for eradication in the 1950s and 1960s, malaria has had a resurgence in India. Now a study that has just been published suggests that the most dangerous form of the disease could be at levels much higher than previously estimated.

As many as 565 cases of suspected malaria were reported from Picchaguntlahalli, Minajenahalli and Yalagondlahalli in the taluk between May 19 and June 13.

Of them, 58 cases were found to be positive. According to Health Officer Dr Shridhar, the patients are being treated and a team of doctors have camped at the villages and measures are taken to check further spread of the epidemic.

Despite Health Minister PK Sreemathi