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Tripura: Malaria Outbreak Grips Hill Tribal Areas of Teliamura Subdivision
09 Jul 2025 09:15 GMT
… have been identified as emerging malaria-prone zones.
Tragedy struck … Divisional Hospital on Tuesday with malaria. A high-level emergency … concern is the discontinuation of DDT spraying in the hill … four years, despite 85 DDT workers being on the rolls …
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First Amazon country declared free of malaria
01 Jul 2025 18:34 GMT
… release. “Furthermore, eliminating malaria will have positive effects … on malaria control in the 1950s using indoor DDT spraying … to undermine global progress against malaria,” Peter Sands, MPA, … the reintroduction of malaria.”
WHO’s malaria-free declaration is …
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WHO certifies Suriname malaria-free
01 Jul 2025 12:59 GMT
… with the pesticide DDT and antimalarial treatment. … community workers provide free malaria diagnosis, treatment, … malaria elimination, including through the National Malaria Elimination Taskforce, Malaria Programme, Malaria …
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Suriname certified malaria-free by WHO
30 Jun 2025 15:13 GMT
… at risk from malaria. Furthermore, eliminating malaria will have positive … indoor spraying with the pesticide DDT and antimalarial treatment. By … to malaria elimination, including through the National Malaria Elimination Taskforce, Malaria Program, Malaria …
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Sir Ronald Ross and the mosquito link: how one Nobel winning discovery changed the course of malaria control
16 Jun 2025 05:22 GMT
… strategies still central to malaria elimination efforts today
| … not known.
Understanding how malaria spreads: A scientific … microscopic organisms responsible for malaria. This observation provided the … later using insecticides like DDT.
Ross went on to …
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DDT's toxic legacy haunts Zambezi Valley
03 Jun 2025 13:51 GMT
… to use the pesticide Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), alarming signs of ecological and … for public health purposes, particularly malaria control, continues under strict regulation … livelihood and nutrition.
"DDT disrupts sex hormone function, which …
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US funding freeze halts malaria prevention and genomic research
02 Jun 2025 01:43 GMT
… promising new technologies to combat malaria.
But “without sustained funding, … US eradicated malaria in the 1950s through swamp drainage and DDT [dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane … genomic research in malaria control?
When I started, malaria research was like …
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Q&A: US funding cuts threaten malaria, genomics research
21 May 2025 14:55 GMT
… promising new technologies to combat malaria.
But “without sustained funding, … funding cuts spell disaster for malaria prevention and threaten genomic … US eradicated malaria in the 1950s through swamp drainage and DDT [dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane …
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Forests are mosquito hotspots but deforestation can increase malaria mortality
17 May 2025 18:10 GMT
… to reduce malaria incidence. Deaths from malaria saw a … forests are generally considered malaria hotspots.
Forests – with … . The researchers hypothesise malaria incidence worsens in the … DDT, the paper said. “Land use change can definitely impact malaria …
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Stratified sustainable vector control strategies and measures for malaria control and elimination in China: a 70 year journey
29 Apr 2025 16:46 GMT
… control journey for malaria elimination.
Evolving malaria vector control strategies … mosquitoes. In 1953 dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) treated bed nets were introduced … China’s successful elimination of malaria
Malaria control in China evolved …