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Jharkhand's health department honored 10 panchayat representatives for their role in controlling malaria and filaria through community engagement. Despite efforts, the state recorded over 4,000 malaria cases in the first three months of this year, highlighting the ongoing need for robust village-level prevention and early detection measures.

Jharkhand has made significant strides in eliminating kala-azar, with all four affected districts now meeting the national target of less than one patient per 10,000 people. Intensive insecticide spraying has proven highly effective in controlling the disease's spread. While progress is substantial, challenges like poverty and malnutrition remain in the state's quest for complete eradication by 2030.

In a bid to tackle kala-azar, Madhubani district has launched its inaugural indoor residual spray campaign. Focused on villages with historical cases, specially trained teams are applying insecticides to walls to eradicate sand flies that carry the disease. The community is encouraged to stay alert for any symptoms and to seek medical assistance promptly to help prevent further outbreaks.

Israel's envoy, Reuven azar, clarified that the military operation against Iran was timed post-PM Modi's visit to seize an "operational opportunity." He emphasized Israel's anticipation of Iranian retaliation and its commitment to neutralizing nuclear and missile threats, while also debunking disinformation about PM Netanyahu. Israel aims to prevent the Iranian regime from reconstituting its plans.

Pakistan has denied posing a nuclear threat to the US, asserting its arsenal is solely for deterrence against India. Islamabad also dismissed being labelled a 'rogue state' by an Israeli envoy. US intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard had listed Pakistan alongside Iran, China, Russia, and North Korea as threats due to developing missile systems capable of reaching the US homeland.

Acute shortage of Kala-azar medicines is posing a serious problem to the 70 kala-azar patients including men women and children admitted to Motihari Sadar hospital.

CM Nitish Kumar, deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi and health minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey will take pledge on Thursday to eliminate kala-azar from 33 affected districts in Bihar in the next three to five years.

To overcome the shortage of kala-azar drugs in the state, Bihar has tied up with the Drug for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDI), a world-renowned organization involved in research on kala-azar drugs.

Detection of a fresh case of kala-azar from a remote part of the district has forced district health administration to change its strategy that focussed on targeting sensitive areas for control of the vector-borne disease.

As the mosquito-menace is increasing due to insanitary conditions, the district health authorities are focusing on detecting cases of kala-azar in sensitive rural pockets of the region.

After witnessing kala-azar cases dropping to just two in the district last year, the district health administration is looking set to go all out to ensure kalaazar free year in 2012.

While Bihar has over 67% of kala-azar cases in the country, but all the blocks of state achieved the target of its elimination in 2022, for the first time ever. However, in order to be declared kala-azar free, the state has to maintain this target for three consecutive years.

Former Union health minister and a kala-azar expert, Dr C P Thakur, MP, has said in a press note he would send a team of doctors to treat the kala-azar patients there.

The Israeli government has approved Reuven azar as the new Ambassador to India, as well as the non-resident Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Bhutan. azar, currently serving as the Ambassador of Israel to Romania, will replace Naor Gilon in New Delhi. The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the appointment of 21 new Heads of Missions, with Foreign Minister Eli Cohen congratulating the appointees. The aim is for them to represent Israel, strengthen its economy, and gain international support.

A teenage boy in Lucknow, India, has contracted a rare case of Kala-azar, a disease typically found in specific eastern regions. Although unexpected, health officials assure the public that this isolated incident poses no significant threat and emphasizes the importance of hygiene in preventing the spread of the disease.

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The district health administration's preparations to tackle kala-azar cases have started showing results in the region. Only one case of kala-azar has been reported this year so far.

Bihar records highest kala-azar patients in the country accounting for almost 60% of all kala-azar cases in India.

Kala-azar, known to claim a few lives every year in North and East India, including West Bengal, may soon be a thing of the past, courtesy an effective vaccine developed by a city scientist.

Union health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has vowed to eliminate kala-azar from Bihar and other parts of the country by 2015.

HAJIPUR: The entire rural area of Vaishali district is suffering from the menace of the deadly kala-azar for the last two months.

MUZAFFARPUR: An acute shortage of kala-azar medicines prevails in the district as over 53 patients died in March.