Mangaluru : Health Department officers on Tuesday issued notice to the owners association of a residential apartment on Arya Samaja Road here after mosquitoes carrying malaria parasite and dengue virus were found breeding on projections over widows (overhanging eaves). District Disease Surveillance Officer Navinchandra Kulal said that breeding of anapholes and Aedes aegypti mosquitoes were […]

Mangaluru: Seasonal change and varying in temperature is giving rise to mosquito borne diseases and people become susceptible to deadly diseases like Malaria, Leptospirosis and Dengue. Apart from it being fatal, patients are presented with severe conditions of kidney failure, liver dysfunction, blood abnormalities and respiratory complications. Mangaluru KMC Hospital and its team of doctors […]

Mangaluru : The Health Department has intensified measures to control malaria and has requested people to follow precautionary measures. District Vector Borne Disease Control Officer Dr Arun said due attention has been given to early detection of malaria and dengue in primary health centres across the district. Special surveillance teams, formed by the department, have […]

Mangaluru : The Mangaluru City Corporation has formed 11 Multi-Purpose Workers’ (MPW) teams, each consisting of six to eight members, to check malaria in the City. The corporation is also set to launch a new mobile application (app), within a month, for further monitoring of the disease. Speaking to media persons during the launch of […]

Mangalore : State Health and Family Welfare Minister U T Khadar directed the concerned officials to take precautionary measures to control the spread of diseases like,n city. Speaking at the review meeting held on malaria control programme held as a part of health campaign in the MCC limits at Mangalore City Corporation on May 10, […]

Mangalore :  An Awareness and Outreach Programme on ‘Malaria and Dengue Prevention’ was held at Town Hall in Mangalore on July 27, Saturday. The programme was an initiative of  the Health Concern Foundation and was held with the co-operation of the Department of Health and Family Welfare. Speaking as a chief guest, Health and Family […]

Mangalore : A huge Malaria and Dengue Awareness campaign will be held   in  the city of Mangalore from June 10 to 18. As part of the programme around 600 students of 21 nursing colleges in Mangalore, will pay a door-to-door visit to houses in all wards of Mangalore and enlighten public on the symptoms of […]

Mangalore : The Mangalore City Corporation meeting held on Monday witnessed heated debate between ruling as well as opposition corporators over the issue of the increasing menace of Malaria and dengue in Mangalore. The Congress corporators blamed the failure of the administration in putting a check to the spread of the diseases in the wake […]

Mangalore: The increasing cases of vector borne diseases in Mangalore in the recent past, has forced citizens to think if at all the Mangalore City Corporation has failed to combat the menace. There is no denying that precious time is wasted by the councilors during MCC meets, by resorting to mudslinging and clashing. As per […]

Mangalore : The DK district administration in association with DK Zilla Panchayat (ZP), District Health and Family Welfare Department, and District Vector Borne Diseases Control Office organized a workshop for media people on National Vector Borne Diseases Control programme at RAPCC Auditorium of Wenlock District Hospital on Aug 6, Monday. Speaking after inaugurating the event, […]