Kenya: My Journey With the Malaria Vaccine in Kenya
[WHO] About five years ago, I stepped into an exciting new role within Kenya's National Vaccines and Immunisation Program (NVIP). Among other things, I was charged with spearheading the introduction of new vaccines to help improve the health of our population. Barely a week into my new role, I was tasked with leading the pilot introduction of the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine in Kenya. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - October 13, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nigeria: Ned Nwoko Foundation to Join in Rollout of New Malaria Vaccine
[Premium Times] Ned Nwoko Foundation says it is excited by WHO's approval of the widespread use in countries of RTSS, the world's first malaria vaccine. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - October 13, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nigeria: Heralding the Malaria Vaccine
[This Day] The malaria vaccine for children is a significant milestone (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 12, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Africa: Malaria Vaccine Is a Major Leap Forward - But Innovation Mustn't Stop Here
[The Conversation Africa] The World Health Organisation (WHO) took an historic step in the fight against malaria when it recently recommended the use of a malaria vaccine for young children. The announcement marked a major achievement - the development of the first ever successful malaria vaccine against falciparum malaria, the deadliest form of malaria and the one that is most common in sub-Saharan Africa. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 12, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Africa: Africa CDC Welcomes Historic Go-Ahead for Malaria Vaccine
[African Union] The African continent is making headway in the fight against malaria among young children. Being at the forefront in establishing, strengthening, and supporting member states in disease control and surveillance for priority diseases including HIV and AIDs, tuberculosis, malaria, COIVD-19, hepatitis, and non-communicable diseases in the region, the African Union (AU) through the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has welcomed the World Health Organization's (WHO) historic go-ahea (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - October 11, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
An Innovative Washington Law Aims to Get Foreign-Trained Doctors Back in Hospitals
Growing up in Somalia’s capital of Mogadishu, where people sometimes die of preventable or treatable illnesses like diarrhea, typhoid and malaria, taught Abdifitah Mohamed a painful lesson: adequate health care is indispensable. In 1996, Mohamed’s mother died of septicemia after spending nine months hospitalized for a gunshot wound. Her death, Mohamed says, inspired him to go to medical school, and for about four years he worked to treat the sick and injured in Somalia, Sudan and Kenya.
But Mohamed hasn’t been able to work as a doctor since 2015, when he left for the United States, where his wife emigrate...
Source: TIME: Health - October 11, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Tara Law Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Africa: Malaria Vaccine Drive to Begin Across Africa With WHO Support
[RFI] The World Health Organization has said the only approved vaccine against malaria should be widely given to African children, marking a major step forward in the fight against a disease that kills hundreds of thousands of people annually. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - October 11, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Tanzania: Kagera Region Record Impressive Performance Against Malaria
[Daily News] KAGERA Region recorded impressive performance against malaria through various interventions including providing vaccinations to children and distribution of Insecticide Treated Nets (ITN) to the people, it has been disclosed. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - October 11, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Malaria vaccine 'will change African lives forever'
As African countries get the vaccine, Newsbeat speaks to two people who've grown up with Malaria. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - October 11, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Africa: Why the Malaria Vaccine is Such a Big Deal
[The Conversation Africa] The World Health Organization recommended its first malaria vaccine for children on Oct. 6, 2021 - a breakthrough hailed by the U.N. agency as a "historic moment." (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 10, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Malawi: World Vision Pledges to Support Malawi Govt In Malaria Vaccination Drive
[Nyasa Times] One of the leading organisations in Malawi, World Vision International, has hailed the endorsement of Southern of the world's first malaria vaccine in Africa, calling it a "historic breakthrough." (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - October 10, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
WHO approved a malaria vaccine for children – a global health expert explains why that is a big deal
Approval of the RTS,S/AS01 vaccine, which goes by the name Mosquirix, provides a "glimmer of hope" for Africa, according to Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa. It will now be rolled out to protect children against one of the world's oldest and most deadly diseases. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - October 10, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Africa: Breakthrough Malaria Vaccine Offers to Reinvigorate the Fight Against the Disease
[The Conversation Africa] The World Health Organization has announced a historic move: it has recommended the widespread use of the first ever malaria vaccine. The recommendation is based on the results of an ongoing pilot programme in Malawi, Ghana and Kenya. Malaria is a huge global health challenge, around 409,000 people died of malaria in 2019 alone. The WHO African region carries significant proportion of the malaria burden - 94% of all malaria cases and deaths occurred in the region. Children younger than five are the most vu (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 9, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Namibia: Malaria Vaccine a 'Game-Changer'
[Namibian] FORMER health minister and current Malaria Elimination 8 ambassador Richard Kamwi says the green light from the World Health Organisation for the first malaria vaccine to be rolled out in countries battling the disease is 'a game-changer.' (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - October 8, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Kenya: Researchers Confident Population Will Embrace Malaria Vaccine
[VOA] Nairobi -- More than 260,000 African children under the age of five die from malaria each year, including more than 10,000 in Kenya, according to the World Health Organization. The WHO's backing of a malaria vaccine, Mosquirix, for children in sub-Saharan Africa has raised hopes of preventing those deaths. The vaccine proved effective in a pilot program in Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - October 8, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
