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As dengue cases rise, civic body faces strike
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Monday, August 30, 2010 |
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Dengue cases are on a rise in Delhi. 59 new cases were reported on Sunday.There are 3,200 DBCs who work on a contractual basis for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). They have threatened to stop work until they are made permanent employees, reports Hindustan Times. |
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Maharashtra: Congress, NCP slam MNS leader for malaria jibe
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Wednesday, August 04, 2010 |
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The Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party are attacking Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray over his "migrants are responsible for malaria outbreak in the city" remark.The MNS chief had also said that locals are having a hard time getting treatment as migrants had occupied most of the beds in public hospitals, reports The Times Of India.
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Mumbai: Asha Bhosle tweets on Macchar Raj
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Tuesday, August 03, 2010 |
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"Macchar war is in full swing," tweeted Asha Bhosle.Thackeray, in a controversial statement, blamed the "migrants" and the "outsiders" in Mumbai for the malaria outbreak, reports Hindustan Times. |
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Opposition blames government for malaria and dengue cases
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Saturday, July 31, 2010 |
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The opposition blames the Government for malaria and dengue cases in Mumbai."The Maharashtra government should take the blame for the worsening health situation in Mumbai", Thackeray said. He added that feverish construction activity has brought a fresh wave of migrant labourers to Mumbai,reports The Times Of India. |
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Mumbai municipality blames builders for increase in mala
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010 |
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An overwhelming majority of the developers carrying out construction work in Mumnai haven't paid heed to the directives issued by BMC. Construction sites breed mosquitoes.There was a request to fumigate construction sites, but no one paid attention to it, reports DNA. |
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KMC change of guard may affect malaria drive
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Sunday, June 13, 2010 |
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The change of guard at Kolkata Municipal Corporation is likely to affect anti-malaria campaign. The KMC officials are waiting for the new Mayor-in-council member and chief municipal health officer to give them direction to carry out the drive, reports The Times of India. |
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EU regulation may kill millions in the developing world
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Friday, November 28, 2008 |
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In post-War decades modern agricultural methods saw a boom in food production known as the "Green Revolution". Insecticides were the key to this phenomenon, saving millions from starvation. Since Rachel Carson's comments, the number of undernourished people in poor countries has fallen from 35 percent to 17 percent. The total population is much larger now and many people still suffer from starvation and malnutrition. Yet EU legislators are now proposing regulations over insecticides that would actually harm the developing world--not only in terms of food production and hunger, but by thwarting insect-borne disease control in the most malarial regions, write Richard Tren and Julian Harris. |
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Great idea, bad scheme: How not to fight malaria
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Friday, November 07, 2008 |
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A new global subsidy to give malaria patients the best treatment may divert money from simpler campaigns and could undermine drug quality--but it looks set to be rubber-stamped by donors without proper assessment. There is a powerful need for a cheap, effective malaria treatment. Currently the not-for-profit price for the best medicine is around one dollar for one treatment--still too expensive for millions in malarial countries, writes Roger Bate in the Campaign for Fighting Diseases. |
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Killing with Kindness: The malaria initiatieve
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Thursday, October 02, 2008 |
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Donors already spend over $600 million a year in Africa to fight the disease, with the US President’s Malaria Initiative alone set to devote another $1.2 billion over the next five years. Yet, while some progress is being made, malaria is still the leading cause of child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, where a child dies from the disease every 30 seconds. The UN should ask why so many African countries have failed over decades to control preventable diseases that other nations have successfully defeated, writes Jasson Urbach and Julian Harris for Africa Fighting Malaria |
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Health minister urges Bill Gates to curb malaria in India
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Sunday, July 06, 2008 |
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Health minister Anbumani Ramadoss met with Gates and urged him to invest in India as well, especially in programmes to curb infectious diseases like malaria and tuberculosis.
According to the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme, India had 14,76,562 cases of malaria in 2007, and 1,173 deaths. Bill Gates, who has called malaria "the worst thing on the planet", reports Rrishi Raote in the Business Standard |
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