Malaria can cause destruction of white blood cells; process of making new cells to restore this loss, could be a possible antidote.

State Health and Family Welfare minister Niranjan Pujari on Monday wrote a letter to Union Health Minister Mansukh L Mandaviya, in this regard.

WHO's Regional Director for South-East Asia, Saima Wazed, emphasized the need to work harder to overcome the challenges of malaria.

On average, 600 individuals suffer a dog bite in Bihar every day, according to the official data of the survey.