The First Malaria Vaccine Is a Leap Forward. We Can't Stop Now. The First Malaria Vaccine Is a Leap Forward. We Can't Stop Now.
Next-generation vaccines, and a lot more money, are needed now to crack the stalemate in the fight against malaria.Knowable Magazine (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - April 18, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Nigeria: Active Citizenship for Health Improving Malaria Prevention and Treatment Awareness
[Nigeria Health Watch] The Malaria vaccine is considered to be one of the greatest breakthroughs in medical history. However, in spite of this breakthrough, the battle against malaria is far from over. In the 2021 World Malaria report, Nigeria is still considered one of the 11 highest-burden countries. About 96% of malaria deaths globally were in 29 countries. The 11 highest-burden countries account for 70% of the global estimated case burden and 71% of global estimated deaths. Nigeria accounts for the highest malaria deaths at (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 12, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Hunting the 'Perfect Protein' for Malaria MRNA Vaccine
[SciDev.Net] After the success of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19, scientists are cautiously optimistic that the same technology can be used to tackle other widespread diseases such as malaria. The technology is promising, say vaccine developers, but its success will depend on the results of initial tests currently underway. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 10, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Wealthy Nations, Corporate Titans ’ False Promises of Fair COVID-19 Recovery Exposed, How Africa’s Inequality Deepened
Alice Atieno relies on sack farming outside her shanty in the sprawling Kibera Slums in Nairobi, Kenya. COVID-19 reversed gains made in poverty reduction, and the unequal access to vaccines has deepened global inequality. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS By Joyce ChimbiNairobi, Kenya, Mar 29 2022 (IPS) Even as COVID-19 brought Africa’s already fragile health care and economic systems to the brink, wealthy states colluded with corporate giants to dupe people with empty slogans and false promises of a fair recovery from the ongoing health pandemic, a newly released report by Amnesty International report finds.
The global human ri...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - March 29, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Joyce Chimbi Tags: Africa COVID-19 Development & Aid Editors' Choice Featured Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies TerraViva United Nations #VaccineInequity IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Vaccines Source Type: news
Malaria research holds lessons for childhood Covid vaccination
‘Rebound effect’ study adds nuance to debate over how best to protect younger children (Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - February 9, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Nepal Investing in Health Care but Equality of Access Lags
Medical staff pose in a new maternal care ward at the Melamchi Municipality Hospital, Nepal, in November 2021. Credit: Marty Logan/IPSBy Marty LoganKATHMANDU, Feb 4 2022 (IPS) As the omicron wave of Covid-19 rose ominously in Nepal recently, to entice more people to get tested the government reduced the cost of PCR tests from 1,000 rupees ($8.37) to 800 rupees ($6.70) in government facilities and about double that in private ones.
“People with limited incomes can’t afford to get the test, and imagine if four members of a family have symptoms, the PCR tests alone will make a hole in their income,” Dr Baburam Marasini,...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - February 4, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Marty Logan Tags: Asia-Pacific Development & Aid Featured Headlines Health Nepal Source Type: news
Experts: mRNA vaccines can be used for cancer, heart problems, other maladies
Scientists have been working with mRNA technology for more than two decades, and many believe that it can produce vaccines against cancer, malaria, heart disease, HIV and other diseases. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - January 14, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Gaithersburg vaccine developer raises $21 million
Gaithersburg vaccine developer VLP Therapeutics Inc. has raised $21 million in a Series A-1 funding round, its second round this year, the company said in a press release Monday.
The latest round will be used to accelerate research and development of a cancer treatment vaccine, the company said, in addition to preventative malaria and dengue vaccines.
"We were fortunate enough to be able to raise funding in March to facilitate our cancer treatment vaccine R&D, ” Wataru Akahata, VLP's co-founder,… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - December 28, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Ana Luc ía Murillo Source Type: news
Top Global Health Moments of 2021
By The Editorial Team,
IntraHealth International
Chemutai, a health worker at the Kaproron Health Center IV in Kween District, Uganda, stands in the operating room for maternal care, which officially opened in May 2020. Photo by Esther Ruth Mbabazi for IntraHealth International.December 21, 2021COVID-19 dominated the news cycle this year. The first large-scale global pandemic in 100 years has now killed more than5 million peopleworldwide since it began in 2020. Over 275 million people have been diagnosed with it. And at least115,000 health workers have lost their lives to the virus, though the number is likely m...
Source: IntraHealth International - December 21, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: kseaton Tags: HIV & AIDS COVID-19 Maternal, Newborn, Child Health Mental Health Noncommunicable Diseases 2021 Year of the Health and Care Worker Health Workforce Systems Health Workers Source Type: news
Africa: WHO Welcomes Historic Decision By Gavi to Fund the First Malaria Vaccine
[WHO] WHO welcomes the historic decision by the Gavi Alliance Board to invest in the first malaria vaccine programme. The decision secures investment in the long-awaited malaria vaccine and assures that many more children at risk will benefit from this life-saving vaccine and additional malaria prevention. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 7, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
First Malaria Vaccine a Major Milestone Despite Hurdles Ahead First Malaria Vaccine a Major Milestone Despite Hurdles Ahead
The four-dose vaccine, advanced by landmark COVID-19 prevention efforts, is an achievement that scientists have been painstakingly working toward for decades.WebMD Health News (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - December 3, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
First Malaria Vaccine a Major Milestone
Despite Hurdles Ahead (Source: eMedicineHealth.com)
Source: eMedicineHealth.com - December 3, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
First Malaria Vaccine a Major Milestone Despite Hurdles Ahead
The four-dose vaccine, advanced by landmark COVID-19 prevention efforts, is an achievement that scientists have been painstakingly working toward for decades. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - December 3, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Antimicrobial Resistance Calls for Brainpower of a Space Agency and Campaigning Zeal of an NGO
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. (Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health)
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 17, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: External Source Tags: Global Headlines Health Source Type: news
Biden Nominated a New Food and Drug Administration Head …Finally
President Joe Biden nominated Dr. Robert Califf, a former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to head the agency again. Biden’s nomination will now go to Congress, which has to confirm Califf.
Since Biden took office, health officials have been waiting for him to appoint a new head after Dr. Stephen Hahn, who was widely criticized by the scientific community for not taking a stronger stand against the Trump Administration’s support of unproven COVID-19 therapies, left the post in January. The FDA is the regulatory agency responsible for reviewing the safety and efficacy of drugs, devices and ...
Source: TIME: Health - November 15, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
