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Why is your kid falling sick so often? How should you handle fever at home?

Is your child falling sick too frequently? Is she missing school because of her health? Is he often getting down with flu-like symptoms where some symptoms like cough take excruciatingly long to go? Well, if that’s the case, you are not alone. All parents are busy consulting pediatricians these days…

The Times of India · Aug 17, 2022

Change of guard in Kenya: the 5 reasons neighbours watch every step

Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta – whose final term in office ends after the 9 August polls – has been a key figure in east Africa. Over the last nine years, he has tried to create markets and address issues like peace, malaria and climate change. Within the East African Community,…

The Conversation · Jul 31, 2022

Healthy liver: Why ignorance isn’t bliss

NEW DELHI: A survey conducted by Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS) shows only about 34% of the people in Delhi have received hepatitis B vaccination. Not just that, awareness about hepatitis, which claims more lives than HIV, malaria and dengue combined, remains low.

The Times of India · Jul 27, 2022

Mali's ruling junta suspends all UN peacekeeping rotations

In tonight's edition: Mali puts a stop to rotations of UN peacekeepers from the organisation's MINUSMA mission. Five former members of the Gambia's Intelligence Agency have been sentenced to death for the 2016 killing of a political activist called Solo Sandeng. And three years after the launch of a groundbreaking…

France 24 · Jul 15, 2022

Why world's first malaria shot won't reach millions of children who need it

After decades of work, the World Health Organization endorsed the first-ever malaria vaccine last year - a historic milestone that promised to drive back a disease that kills a child every minute.

Reuters · Jul 13, 2022

Africa is a treasure trove of medicinal plants: here are seven that are popular

Plants have directly contributed to the development of important drugs. The antimalarial treatment artemisinin, pain medication morphine, and cancer chemotherapy taxol are just three examples of drugs derived from plants. Africa is endowed with up to 45,000 plant species – about 25% of the world’s plant genetic resources. More than…

The Conversation · Jul 12, 2022

There's no cure for sickle cell disease, but spotting it early can improve treatment

Most of the global cases of sickle cell disease are diagnosed in African countries. The Economist Intelligence Unit – the research and analysis division of the Economist media group – estimated that in 2020 the total annual cost of treatment and impact on the economy of sickle cell disease across…

The Conversation · Jul 7, 2022

Malaria cases up in Mumbai; break in rain could worsen woes

MUMBAI: With rains lashing across Mumbai, the deluge of diseases such as dengue and malaria has begun, said BMC officials on Tuesday. According to the latest monsoon diseases update, the first three days of July have seen 49 cases of gastroenteritis, 39 cases of malaria and seven cases of dengue.

The Times of India · Jul 6, 2022

Climate change doesn’t have to mean more insect-borne disease

As the world warms, diseases transmitted by insects may spread, but prevention strategies can break the link.

360info · Jul 5, 2022

Viruses can change your scent to make you more attractive to mosquitoes, new research in mice finds

Mosquitoes are the world’s deadliest animal. Over 1 million deaths per year are attributed to mosquito-borne diseases, including malaria, yellow fever, dengue fever, Zika and chikungunya fever.

The Conversation · Jun 30, 2022