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• COP28 delegates urge greater action on climate-linked health risks

  With global temperatures set to continue climbing for decades, experts say countries will need to boost funding for healthcare as heatwaves become more dangerous and diseases like malaria and cholera spread. Late on Saturday, 123 of the nearly 200 countries gathered at COP28 signed a declaration acknowledging their responsibility to keep people safe. The declaration made no mention of fossil fuels, the main source of climate-warming emissions.

  

• World at risk of losing malaria fight as cases rise, report says

  The world is in danger of losing the fight against malaria, as cases of the disease rose by around 5 million year-on-year in 2022, exceeding global targets to contain it, a new World Health Organization report showed on Thursday.

  

• Malaria jabs set for broader rollout in Africa

  Since 2019, more than two million children have been jabbed in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi in a pilot phase, resulting in substantial reductions in severe malaria illness and hospitalisations.

  

• Cameroon receives first shipment of GSK's Mosquirix malaria vaccine

  A batch of 331,200 doses of the vaccine - also known as RTSS - was offloaded at Yaounde's Nsimalen International Airport, making Cameroon the first African country to receive the vaccine after the pilot programmes in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi.

  

• To combat dengue or malaria, we need to disrupt the mosquito breeding cycle: Prasad Phadke, Eco BioTraps

  So as long as there is water on the planet, mosquitoes are going to breed. And if they are going to breed, we are going to bleed. So what are we doing about it? The age-old technique has been that you repel them away. All of these repellents are harmful to our lungs, predominantly in an indoor environment. The solution lies in a preventive approach by breaking the chain of mosquito breeding.

  

• Odisha govt asks health officials to make hospital premises mosquito-free

  Health Secretary Shalini Pandit in a letter to all CDM & PHOs and director of Capital Hospital & Rourkela Government Hospital on Saturday said it is required to maintain a mosquito-free environment in the hospitals and inside the hospital premises, in view of increased incidence of vector-borne diseases like malaria, dengue, etc.

  

• Researchers find how specific gut bacteria increase risk of severe malaria

  Malaria is a potentially fatal infectious disease caused by parasites spread through the bite of infected mosquitos. According to the World Health Organisation's most recent World Malaria Report, a projected 619,000 persons worldwide died from malaria in 2021, with 76 per cent of those deaths occurring in children aged 5 and under.

  

• Godrej to invest Rs 10 crore over next three years to eradicate vector borne diseases in 3 Maharashtra districts

  To achieve these goals, the support programme will appoint three state-level experts and 24 district-level human resources. These individuals will work closely with the government to strengthen human and entomological surveillance, enhance case reporting, and improve the clinical management of these diseases.

  

• HC asks UP govt about steps taken to check spread of dengue, malaria

  During the course of hearing, the Additional Advocate General informed the court that a three-member committee is being constituted consisting of Director General (Medical Health), Director General (Medical Education) and Director General (local bodies) which will look into the matter.

  

• Over 5,000 dengue cases in Delhi, more than 352 of malaria

  The National Centre for Vector Borne Diseases Control (NCVBDC) reports that as of mid-September of this year, over 5,000 cases of dengue had been registered in Delhi. No current information on vector-borne illnesses in the nation's capital has been released by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).

  

• X influencers hail WHO-approved R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine as significant milestone: GlobalData

  They discussed the new vaccine’s dual objectives of reducing malaria-related illness and death while also highlighting its potential inclusion in routine immunisation programmes across 28 African nations. Additionally, influencers welcomed the anticipated lower per-dose cost compared to other malaria vaccines in the market: Smitarani Tripathy