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
Africa: World's First Mass Malaria Vaccine Rollout Could Prevent Thousands of Children Dying
[The Conversation Africa] The world's first mass vaccination program against malaria, announced this week, is set to prevent millions of children from catching malaria and thousands dying from this debilitating disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 8, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Kenya: Malaria Down By 18pc in Kisumu Thanks to New Vaccine
[Capital FM] Kisumu -- The burden of Malaria has reduced by 18 per cent in Kisumu County which is endemic to the disease in the wake of a new vaccine recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - October 8, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Kenya: Malaria Down By 18% in Kisumu Thanks to New Vaccine
[Capital FM] Kisumu -- The burden of Malaria has reduced by 18 per cent in Kisumu County which is endemic to the disease in the wake of a new vaccine recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - October 8, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africans Welcome New Malaria Vaccine. But Is It a ‘Game Changer'?
The arsenal of weapons to use against malaria, which kills hundreds of thousands of people annually, just grew bigger. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - October 8, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Abdi Latif Dahir Tags: Kenya Malaria Kisumu (Kenya) Vaccination and Immunization World Health Organization GlaxoSmithKline PLC Malawi Ghana Senegal Source Type: news
Malaria vaccine: When will it be available?
Following the announcement about the first malaria vaccine, we look at some of the key questions. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - October 7, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Five things you need to know today, and the first malaria vaccine
Good morning! Hope you'll join us for our Women Who Lead in Life Sciences event this morning. Here are 5 Things You Need to Know today, and and the Massachusetts company that made a crucial contribution to the malaria vaccine.
Stock futures rise as Senate nears deal to ward off debt default
Senate Democrats and Republicans met into the early morning hours Thursday and closed in an on agreement that would temporarily pull the nation from the brink of a debt default, delaying the showdown on raising… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 7, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Don Seiffert Source Type: news
The World ’s First Malaria Vaccine—and What it Means for the Future of Pandemic Response
On Oct. 6, the World Health Organization recommended use of the first vaccine to fight malaria. The decision is momentous and highly anticipated for many reasons: among them is that this is the first vaccine to help reduce the risk of deadly severe malaria in young children in Sub-Saharan Africa, where the disease remains a leading killer.
The vaccine offers hope that there can be a circle of learning from one pandemic to the next. Malaria, our oldest pandemic, may offer insights on how we can survive contemporary scourges like COVID-19. Malaria evolved at least 2.5 million years ago and first infected humans in rural part...
Source: TIME: Health - October 7, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Raj Panjabi Tags: Uncategorized health healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
The World ’s First Malaria Vaccine—and What it Means for the Future of Pandemic Response
On Oct. 6, the World Health Organization recommended use of the first vaccine to fight malaria. The decision is momentous and highly anticipated for many reasons: among them is that this is the first vaccine to help reduce the risk of deadly severe malaria in young children in Sub-Saharan Africa, where the disease remains a leading killer.
The vaccine offers hope that there can be a circle of learning from one pandemic to the next. Malaria, our oldest pandemic, may offer insights on how we can survive contemporary scourges like COVID-19. Malaria evolved at least 2.5 million years ago and first infected humans in rural part...
Source: TIME: Science - October 7, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Raj Panjabi Tags: Uncategorized health healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Rwanda: Rwanda Optimistic as WHO Approves First Malaria Vaccine
[New Times] Rwanda's Ministry of Health has expressed delight as a ground-breaking malaria vaccine has been given a go-ahead by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for use among children under the age of 5. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - October 7, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Kenya: After 30 Years' Search, World Gets First Ever Malaria Vaccine
[Nation] The incredible work by the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) and contribution by children in Kericho, Kisumu and Kilifi has finally paid off, giving the world its first ever malaria vaccine. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - October 7, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks on WHO Recommendation for Wider Use of the RTS,S Malaria Vaccine
[WHO] Dear colleagues and friends, (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - October 7, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: PATH Applauds WHO Recommendation for Broader Use of First Malaria Vaccine
[PATH] Seattle -- Vaccine shown to be cost-effective and trusted by caregivers and health care workers (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - October 7, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Historic Moment As First Malaria Vaccine Recommended for Widespread Use Among Children in Africa
[RBM] Geneva -- The RBM Partnership to End Malaria welcomes today's historic recommendation by the World Health Organization (WHO) to scale up deployment of the first-ever malaria vaccine as a complementary prevention tool for children under 5 in sub-Saharan Africa and other regions with moderate to high P. falciparum malaria transmission . (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - October 7, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: WHO Backs Malaria Vaccinations for African Children
[VOA] The World Health Organization recommended Wednesday that children in sub-Saharan Africa and other regions on the continent with moderate-to-high malaria transmission receive a malaria vaccine. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 7, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
