Nigeria: Nigeria's Malaria Death Rate Dropped By 55% in 21 Years - WHO
[Premium Times] Although Nigeria accounted for about 27 per cent of the global burden of malaria cases, the country has made significant progress. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 12, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Malaria Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
At UNGA, Civil Society Must Mobilize Global Solidarity for Universal Health Coverage
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Founding Executive Director, African Center for Global Health and Social TransformationcbalesSeptember 12, 2023September 12, 2023 12:00 PMAs world leaders prepare for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, it ’s important for those of us in civil society to prepare ourselves ideologically to engage, especially for pushing leaders to make commitments during the UN High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) on September 21. The theme for this important gathering is Universal health coverage: expanding our ambition for health and well-being in a post-COVID world.We all have a right to...
Source: IntraHealth International - September 12, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: cbales Source Type: news
Nigeria: Nigeria Records 55% Drop in Malaria Deaths - WHO
[Daily Trust] Nigeria has recorded a 55 percent drop in malaria deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 12, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Malaria Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Bengaluru develops revolutionary tech that can predict disease outbreak one month in advance
India's tech capital, Bengaluru, is set to unveil a disease surveillance dashboard that can predict disease outbreaks up to four weeks in advance with 70 per cent accuracy. Developed by a team of scientists from the Indian Institute of Science, IIT-Madras, and the Indian Statistical Institute, the dashboard can forecast various communicable diseases, including dengue, chikungunya, and malaria. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - September 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
CDC Details Local Malaria Spread in Florida, Texas
(MedPage Today) -- After identifying eight cases of locally transmitted malaria in Florida and Texas this summer, the CDC is recommending that healthcare providers consider malaria in the differential diagnoses of patients who present with unexplained... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - September 7, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Outbreak of Locally Acquired Mosquito-Transmitted (Autochthonous) Malaria - Florida and Texas, May-July 2023
This report describes eight cases of autochthonous malaria reported to CDC by health departments in Florida and Texas. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - September 7, 2023 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news
Bipartisan Lifesaving AIDS Relief Plan At Risk Due to Pro-Life Opposition
PEPFAR also targets tuberculosis and malaria, and funding restrictions could allow these diseases to gain a foothold. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - September 5, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Dr. Dave Campbell, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation standard Source Type: news
What Are the Complications of Sickle Cell Trait?
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Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of inherited blood disorders where there are abnormal hemoglobin molecules and the red blood cells take on a characteristic sickled shape instead of a rounded shape. Sickled hemoglobin provides an evolutionary advantage of giving the individual increased protection against severe and cerebral malaria. The sickled shape doesn’t move through the vascular system as well and therefore is more likely to aggregate in small vessels causing an increased risk of vaso-occlusive disease, acute chest syndrome, splenic sequestration, and priapism. There is also an increased risk of ...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - September 4, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Malaria Parasites Sync with Hosts’ Molecular Rhythms
Evidence of malaria parasites aligning with their human hosts may pave the way for new antimalarial agents. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - September 1, 2023 Category: Science Tags: Magazine Issue Source Type: news
The Danger of ‘Invisible’ Biolabs Across the U.S.
Recently, many California residents were disturbed to learn that a small, privately-operated bio lab in the Central Valley town of Reedley was shut down by Fresno County Department of Public Health officials after they found that it had been improperly managing almost 1,000 laboratory mice and samples of infectious diseases including COVID-19, rubella, malaria, dengue, chlamydia, hepatitis, and HIV. The lab was registered to a company called Prestige Biotech that sold a variety of medical testing kits, including for pregnancy and COVID-19, and it was likely storing disease samples for the purpose of developing and validati...
Source: TIME: Health - August 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Dan Greene, Jassi Pannu and Allison Berke Tags: Uncategorized Science Source Type: news
Africa: Bridging the Funding Gap to Defeat Malaria in Africa
[WHO-AFRO] Gaborone -- Senior Africa health officials, donors and development partners convened today on the side-lines of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa and urged for increased investments to end malaria, a disease responsible for close to 600 000 deaths in the region. The meeting comes at a time when the fight against malaria in Africa is facing significant unprecedented funding and biological threats. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 30, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Malaria Source Type: news
Vaccine Skepticism Spreads to Pets; Generics for ADHD Approved; Malaria in Maryland
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Some dog owners questioned pet vaccines like rabies, survey data showed. (Vaccine)
The FDA approved multiple generics of lisdexamfetamine dimesylate to treat attention... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - August 29, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Meet Rwanda ’s health crusaders on a malaria mission
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Source: Reuters: Health - August 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Nigeria: The Climate-Health Nexus - Time to Build Evidence for Global Health Action
[Nigeria Health Watch] Editor's note: In the run-up to COP 28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) later this year, Nigeria Health Watch, interviewed Simon Bland, Chief Executive Officer of the Global Institute for Disease Elimination (GLIDE), a partnership between the President of the UAE and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. GLIDE works to progress disease elimination and eradication in endemic countries, with a particular focus on malaria, polio, lymphatic filariasis, and river blindness. Simon Bland shares his (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 24, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Climate Environment Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Partial Resistance to Therapeutic Mainstay for Malaria on the Rise
(MedPage Today) -- Many of the malaria-causing Plasmodium falciparum parasites in some parts of Uganda are now partially resistant to artemisinin, a mainstay therapeutic, a recent study showed.
The prevalence of these artemisinin-resistant parasites... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - August 23, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news
