Patna: The mass drug administration (MDA) programme to combat filariasis (elephantiasis) will begin in 24 districts of Bihar ...

The Uttar Pradesh government will launch Mass Drug Administration (MDA) campaign on February 10 across 14 districts in the ...

The Gujarat government will launch the second phase of its Mass Drug Administration (MDA) programme from February 10 to 12, targeting over 5.46 lakh citizens across four talukas to eradicate ...

A state-level media sensitisation workshop was organised by the HF&W department in collaboration with the Global Health ...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government will launch a deworming campaign across the state on February 10, coinciding with the ...

Parasitic worms are difficult to kill with current therapies, but their commensal bacteria might be their Achilles’ heel.

Study traces origin of mutant London underground mosquito to Middle East - The London Underground mosquito been extensively ...

Ms Badolé suffers from loiasis, a chronic filarial disease caused by the Loa loa parasite, also known as the African eye worm ...

Chhapra: The district administration will kick off a 17-day campaign to make Saran free from filariasis from Feb 10.

NTDs, a group of 21 debilitating infectious diseases, affect over 1 billion people globally, causing significant morbidity, ...

Helminths, including nematodes, cestodes and trematodes, are complex parasitic organisms that infect at least one billion people globally living in extreme poverty. Helminthic infections are ...