Vector-borne Diseases

Flood-hit Pakistan gives nod to buy 6.2 mn mosquito nets from India

Pakistan government gave a nod to procure 6.2 million mosquito nets from India, in a bid to protect the public from vector-borne diseases after the last month's devastating floods

Around 5 mn people may fall sick in flood-hit Pak in coming weeks: Experts

Around five million people in flood-hit Pakistan, including children, may fall sick due to the outbreak of water-borne and vector-borne diseases such as typhoid and diarrhea in the next four to 12 weeks, health experts have warned. Floods triggered by unprecedented monsoon rains have caused widespread havoc across Pakistan, killing over 1,100 people so far and destroying farmlands. Those who survived nature's fury are facing health issues, the News International reported. As the condition stays grim, health officials said that people in the flooded areas of Sindh, Balochistan, southern Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are likely to get diarrhea, cholera, gastroenteritis, typhoid and vector-borne diseases like dengue and malaria. It is estimated that a disease outbreak would initially require medicines and medical supplies worth Rs 1 billion, they said, and urged donors, philanthropists and common people to donate these after consulting health experts and officials of rescue and welfare

India reported reduction in malaria burden between 2019 and 2020: WHO

However, the rate of reduction was lower than it had been before the pandemic

What are Vector-borne diseases? Here're symptoms, history in numbers

These diseases account for more than 17 per cent of all infectious diseases, causing over seven lakh deaths across the world annually.

Insurance policy for vector-borne diseases like dengue, malaria on anvil

Health and general insurers will soon be permitted to offer specific insurance cover to the public for treatment of vector-borne diseases like dengue, malaria and chikungunya

Delhi civic bodies launch campaign against vector-borne diseases

Delhi's municipal corporations on Tuesday launched a campaign to prevent the spread of dengue and other vector-borne diseases in the national capital

An unhealthy trend

Spike in vector-borne diseases points to governance failure