Africa: WHO Unveils New Strategy to Tackle Antimalarial Drug Resistance in Africa
[UN News] A new strategy has been launched to address the urgent problem of antimalarial drug resistance in Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 25, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Malawi: Govt to Roll Out Malaria Vaccine
[Nyasa Times] Malawi's Malaria Control Programme has disclosed that it will officially roll out malaria vaccine to the remaining areas of the targeted districts on November 29 in Mchinji district. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 24, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Tackling Emerging Anti-Malarial Drug Resistance in Africa
[Africa Renewal] A new WHO strategy builds on lessons learned from past global plans and complements existing strategies (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 21, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Ghana: Commit More Resources to Fight Malaria - - Prof. Binka
[Ghanaian Times] An epidemiologist and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Health and Allied Sciences, Pro-fessor Fred Binka, has advised government to commit more resources to fight malaria. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 17, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Invasive Mosquito Threatens Malaria Control in Africa
[VOA] Malaria exploded this year in the Ethiopian city of Dire Dawa, which saw more than 10 times as many cases between January and May as it did in all of 2019. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 15, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Sudan: Cases of Dengue Fever and Malaria On the Rise
[Dabanga] El Obeid / El Fasher / Khartoum -- Cases of dengue fever* have appeared in North Kordofan, while North Darfur continues to suffer from large numbers of dengue and malaria cases and Khartoum state is monitoring a rise in malaria cases in some localities. No cases of Ebola have been reported in Sudan so far. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 3, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Invasive Mosquito Linked to New Malaria Outbreaks in Africa
[DW] Researchers have linked an invasive mosquito to recent malaria outbreaks. The species thrives in urban areas and threatens to undo progress in eradicating the disease (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 2, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Ethiopia: Malaria Kills 37, Infects More Than 130, 000 in Oromia in Three Months Alone: Regional Health Bureau
[Addis Standard] Addis Ababa -- Thirty seven people have died and more than 131, 000 have been infected with malaria in the past three months, Abera said, the deputy head of the Oromia Health Bureau, Abera Botore said. The number of malaria cases in the Oromia Region, which has been in decline for years, has increased since January 2022 and is expanding to various zones, districts and cities of the region, according to Abera. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 1, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Vaccines Could Be a Game-Changer in the Fight Against Malaria in Africa
[The Conversation Africa] The development of an effective vaccine for malaria has proved to be far more challenging than developing a vaccine to protect people from COVID-19. Several different COVID-19 vaccines were developed and approved for use within a year of the disease's emergence. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - October 30, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Tanzania: Zero Malaria in Zanzibar By 2027, Realistic?
[The Exchange] Zero Malaria: Through the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI), Zanzibar plans to end malaria prevalence by 2027 as part of the island's initiatives to improve welfare and increase tourism. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - October 29, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Killing Two Birds With One Stone - New Research Shows How Cancer Drug Could Fight Malaria
[allAfrica] Harare -- Malaria is the world's most important and deadly tropical mosquito-borne parasitic disease, according to the United Nations, killing a child under five every 75 seconds, and making it an urgent public health priority for the world. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - October 28, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
South Africa: UCT Part of Groundbreaking Research With Potential to Impact the Prevention, Cure and Transmission of Malaria
[UCT] Dr Lauren Arendse and Prof Kelly Chibale, researchers from the University of Cape Town (UCT) are part of a breakthrough finding that shows that a cancer drug, currently in clinical trials, can potentially protect from, cure, and prevent the transmission of malaria. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - October 20, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: UCT to Build Capacity for Malaria Modelling in Africa
[UCT] The University of Cape Town (UCT) has received a major funding boost from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to launch a three-year capacity-building programme for malaria modelling in sub-Saharan Africa. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - October 17, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: How a Cancer Drug Could Be Repurposed to Fight Malaria-Causing Parasites
[The Conversation Africa] Malaria is caused by the parasite Plasmodium falciparum, which is transmitted by mosquitos. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that in 2020, there were 241 million cases and 627,000 deaths worldwide, 94% of cases and 96% of deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa. Tragically, malaria claims the life of a child under the age of five every minute. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - October 14, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Malawi: Malawi Announces Rollout of Children's Malaria Vaccine
[VOA] Malawi's health ministry says it will soon roll out Africa's first malaria vaccine for children under age five. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - October 11, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news