Malaria

Over 30 daily pneumonia cases are being reported among children in Karachi's main hospitals

Khyber district reports the highest number of malaria cases, with 10,000 confirmed cases this year.

Half a million individuals affected in province

Extreme weather events are overwhelming health services, displacing communities and causing upsurges in infection

Health dept sets up wards for disease at all govt hospitals

Cases rose four-fold to 1.6 million in Pakistan after devastating floods last year, says WHO

Lakki Marwat carries greatest burden of disease with 1,117 cases

2,434 cases reported in a day in six districts

Hundreds of thousands of people displaced by the floods were living in the open

Risk of waterborne diseases like dengue and malaria grows exponentially

Health authorities in Third World countries confronted with issue of funding for the vaccine

WHO says it was 'recommending the broad use of the world's first malaria vaccine'

A new malaria vaccine has proven 77 per cent effective in trials on infants

The forward missed Sunday's 3-0 PLe win at Sheffield; also absent for the Europa League win over Slavia Prague

US reports highest number of fatalities, with over 273,000 deaths

Garbage, accumulated rainwater could lead to malaria, dengue, typhoid, and other infectious diseases outbreak

The disease kills more than 400,000 people a year

Health experts say malarial parasites now resistant to treatment

Already, more than 52,000 cases of the mosquito-borne virus have been reported in Sindh

Health department rejects news of an epidemic, says all is well

A total of 1,801 died from the mosquito-borne disease between January 1 and July 21

Official says distributed mosquito nets in worst-hit areas

Spread of malaria and other diseases across Venezuela

Experts say 13 out of 100 people suffer from malaria in K-P

Fake drugs threaten thriving pharmaceutical sector in several African countries

In an analysis by Johns Hopkins University and Save the Children using forecasts based on current trends

Quakes and aftershocks since July have killed about 500 people and forced thousands into evacuation shelters

Efforts have been made to eradicate malaria, but some districts still require significant attention for eradication

318,499 cases of malaria reported in 2016

Campaign launched on special directives of CM Bizenjo

She had come into contact with two children who had picked up malaria during a trip to Burkina Faso in Africa

Experts say malaria vectors usually bite victims between dusk and dawn

Experts suggest a separate health policy should be devised in each district to eradicate disease

80 per cent of total Malaria cases were reported from Fata and Balochistan

Malaria kills around 430,000 people a year, the vast majority of them babies and young children in sub-Saharan Africa

Malaria was likely a significant historical pathogen that caused widespread death in ancient Rome

Dr Khawaj aadded that for non-immune individuals, symptoms may appear around 10 to 15 days after being infected

NIH says congested localities at greater risk of outbreak of gastro, dengue, malaria

With rain, comes risk of malaria, dengue fever, hepatitis, typhoid and measles

35 patients with malaria symptoms brought to Mayo Hospital from Shahdara

Critics point to stagnant water buildups and poor sanitary conditions at the workers' camps

These countries are Algeria, Botswana, Cape Verde, Comoros, South Africa and Swaziland

Until the end of World War II, it was common in southern Europe, including Portugal, Italy, the Balkans and Greece

The Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on the occasion appreciated The Global Fund for its continued support for Pakistan

ANP Khyber Agency’s leader Manzoor Qadir said nets were distributed as precautionary measure

There were 438,000 malaria deaths in 2015, most of them of children aged under five

Global health experts have long hoped scientists would be able to develop an effective malaria vaccine