Plasmodium Current Affairs, GK & News
World Malaria Day: April 25
Every year, the World Malaria Day is celebrated on April 25 by the World Health Organisation and several other international organisations. This year, the World Malaria Day is to be celebrated under the following theme: Theme: Reaching the Zero Malaria Target World Malaria Day The World Malaria Day is one of the eleven official Global ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Topics: Global Technical Strategy of Malaria • Malaria • Plasmodium • Plasmodium falciparum • World Health Organisation • World Malaria Day
Odisha aims to become India’s First Malaria-Free State
The State of Odisha which had a distinction of accounting about 40 per cent of malaria cases in the country is now working to eliminate the mosquito-borne disease altogether over the next five years. Malaria Malaria is a contagious disease caused by plasmodium parasites. The disease is transmitted to humans through the bites of infected ..
Topics: Aedes aegypti • Airport malaria • Epidemiology • Infectious diseases • Malaria • Medical specialties • Mosquito • Mosquito net • Mosquito-borne disease • Plasmodium • RTT • Vector
WHO: Algeria and Argentina declared Malaria-Free
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Algeria and Argentina as ‘Malaria-Free’ countries after no cases of indigenous transmission of disease were recorded. Key Highlights Background: The Malaria parasite was first discovered in humans in Algeria by a French physician named Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran in 1880. By 1960s, Malaria became Nigeria’s primary health challenge, ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2019
Topics: 72nd session of the World Health Assembly (WHA) • Algeria • Argentina • female Anopheles • Geneva • Malaria • Malaria Free Countries • Mosquirix • Plasmodium • RTS S • Switzerland • WHO Malaria-Free Certification • World Health Organization (WHO) • World malaria report 2018
Algeria officially recognized as malaria-free in WHO African Region
The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially recognized Algeria and Argentina as malaria-free countries, after no new cases of the deadly disease have been reported for at least 3 consecutive years. As per WHO, there were now 38 countries and territories that have been declared free of the disease. Algeria, where the malaria parasite was ..
Topics: Anopheles • Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran • Infectious diseases • Malaria • Medical specialties • Mosquito • Mosquito-malaria theory • Plasmodium • Plasmodium falciparum