HONG KONG , CHIINA : Last year 40 cases of the mosquito-born disease Dengue Fever where reported in Hong Kong . Photo: EPA
03 July 2021
China was certified as malaria-free this week by the World Health Organization, following...
A view of an Aedes aegypti mosquito resting on a mosquito net at a house in Yangon, Myanmar. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
30 November 2020
Progress in eliminating malaria has stalled in recent years, the World Health...
26 April 2020
The coronavirus scare consumes our daily lives in Myanmar but what is often forgotten is...
This photo taken on February 5, 2020 shows shaman Jang Ngon preparing to go to farming in Satpalaw Shaung village in Lahe township, Sagaing Division, northwest of Myanmar. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
14 March 2020
With Malaria and tuberculosis screening out front and sacrifices to jungle gods out back...
NASA is developing a new technique to forecast malaria outbreaks in Myanmar from space, as the emergence of new drug-resistant strains in Southeast Asia could thwart efforts to wipe out the deadly disease globally. (AFP photo)
11 September 2019
NASA is developing a new technique to forecast malaria outbreaks in Myanmar from space,...
Anopheles gambiae mosquito's, a vector for the malaria parasite. Photo: EPA
18 May 2019
Myanmar is making major progress toward its goal of eliminating malaria in the country by...