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- Dengue Medicine Will Be Ready In The Country In The Next 5 Years, Government And Non government Organizations Will Work Together
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Governments around the world have made health their priority since the start of the corona pandemic. Dengue disease is not new in our country. Every year millions of people get sick from it and hundreds die. There is currently no cure for dengue. So now the Government of India is preparing to deal with it.
Recently, the Transitional Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI) of the Department of Biotechnology has tied up with the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDI) India Foundation. Under this, dengue treatment will be developed in the country in the next 5 years.
What is Dengue?
Dengue is a viral fever spread by mosquitoes.
Dengue is spread through the bite of Aedes aegypti (female mosquito). It is a viral fever. This situation occurs when water accumulates at one place in or around the houses for a long time. For example, water stagnates in coolers, wash areas, sinks, pots, etc., which becomes a factor in dengue.
According to statistics, 70% of dengue cases in the world are found only in Asia. In 2021, there were 1,64,103 dengue cases in India, while in 2019 this number was 205,243.
How will the government develop treatment for dengue?
In 2021, there were 1,64,103 dengue cases in India.
Under this agreement, government and non-government institutions will jointly research so that safe, affordable and effective medicine can be made for dengue. Pre-clinical studies will be done during the research. In these, what effect the already available drugs have on dengue, it will be tested. Then their combinations or new drugs will be developed and tested.
Research on dengue continues in the world for many years
THSTI Executive Director Pramod Kumar Garg says that there is no antiviral drug available for dengue as of now. Also, the use of vaccine in the disease is also limited. Research on dengue has been going on for many years, but till now no effective treatment has been developed.
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