Rwanda: Rwanda Looks to More Tech Solutions to Fight Malaria
[New Times] Technological innovations will be one of the ways to end deaths stemming from malaria disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 27, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nigeria: Nigeria Got $200m World Bank Loan for Malaria Intervention - Govt
[This Day] The National Malaria Elimination Programme yesterday said the World Bank was providing $200 million loan to fund malaria intervention programme in 13 states of the Federation. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 27, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Ghana: Deaths-to-Malaria Decreasing, but Hospitals Still Record High Cases - Dr Malm
[Ghanaian Times] Although the number of deaths due to malaria continue to decrease across the country, there are still very high cases of the disease at the health facilities, the Programme Manager of the National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP), Dr Keziah Malm, has said. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 26, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Malawi: How Scientists Mapped Mosquito Breeding Grounds Using Drones
[RFI] Using an innovative, 21st-century way to destroy a centuries-old problem, scientists at the Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust use drones to map out where mosquitoes breed in an effort to identify and destroy malaria-causing mosquitoes. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 26, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nigeria: Malaria Killed Over 602,000 People in Nigeria, Others in 2021 - WHO
[This Day] As the world yesterday marked the World Malaria Day, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has disclosed that no fewer than 602,000 people died of malaria in Nigeria and other African countries in 2021. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 26, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nigeria: U.S. Contributes $768m to Fighting Malaria in Nigeria
[Leadership] The United States of America says it has spent $768 million, supporting government authorities to fight scourge of malarial in Nigeria within the last 11 year, adding that both countries have advanced the fight against the malaria despite the immense challenges posed by COVID-19 pandemic. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 26, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nigeria: Advocates Call for Rapid Roll-Out of Malaria Vaccines
[VOA] Abuja, Nigeria -- Days ago, Semina Samuel's two-year old son woke up with a burning fever. She quickly took him to the community clinic where malaria was detected. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 26, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nigeria: Goodknight, Govt Partner to Harness Innovation to End Malaria
[Vanguard] As the world marks this year's World Malaria Day today, Godrej Nigeria, makers of GoodKnight Power Shots Insecticide is partnering with the Federal Ministry of Health through the National Malaria Elimination Program (NMEP) Abuja, to intensify efforts geared towards the elimination of malaria in Nigeria by donating 10,000 Goodknight power shots to the Ministry. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 25, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nigeria: World Malaria Day - Experts Proffer Ways to Eliminate Disease in Nigeria
[Daily Trust] As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark this year's World Malaria Day, experts have proffered ways to fast-track ending malaria in the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 25, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nigeria: World Malaria Day 2022 - Itel Partners With Amatem Softgel to End Malaria in Agboyi-Ketu
[Vanguard] itel Nigeria and Amatem Softgel on April 25, 2022, joined the rest of the world to commemorate global efforts to bring an end to malaria, especially among African children and pregnant women. More than 3.3 billion people in 106 counties are at risk of malaria, and according to the World Malaria Report 2020, Nigeria alone accounts for 27% of the malaria burden and 23% of malaria deaths worldwide, and children under the age of 5 remain the most vulnerable population to the disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 25, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Investment in Global Fund and Innovations Key to Ending Malaria
[RBM] Geneva -- On World Malaria Day, 25 April, the global malaria community is uniting to celebrate global efforts made to end malaria and call for sustained political action and increased investment to turbocharge progress against the disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 25, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Working Towards a Malaria-Free World on #WorldMalariaDay
[UN News] Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the past year has seen "significant breakthroughs in malaria prevention and control", a senior official of the UN health agency said on Monday, World Malaria Day. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 25, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
South Africa: Fresh Signs of Mosquito Insecticide Resistance in South Africa
[The Conversation Africa] Most South Africans aren't worried about malaria even though the disease is endemic in the country. Four of the country's nine provinces carry malaria risk while 10% of the population is at risk of contracting malaria. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 25, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
South Africa: Malaria Elimination - South Africa Needs to Regroup and Refocus to Get There
[The Conversation Africa] In recent years South Africa has made significant progress in its effort to eliminate malaria. The World Health Organization (WHO) lists it as one of the countries that has the potential to eliminate the disease in the near future. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 25, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nigeria: Symptoms, Cause, Treatment, Efforts to Eliminate Malaria
[Premium Times] The 2020 World Malaria Report indicated that Nigeria had the highest number of global malaria cases (27 per cent of global malaria cases) in 2019 and accounted for the highest number of deaths (23 per cent of global malaria deaths). (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 25, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
