Uganda: Donors Hail Mosquito Nets Distribution Model
[Observer] The distribution of 28 million mosquito nets across Uganda has come to an end with a donor partner suggesting the model used be used as a "best practice" and shared with other countries. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 24, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Ethiopia: Nation Striving to Eliminate Malaria By 2030, Says Health Minister
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ministry of Health announced that Ethiopia has been exerting enormous efforts to eliminate malaria by 2030. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 24, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Kenya: Kenya to Pilot Another Malaria Vaccine Trial
[Nation] Kenya is among four African countries that will carry out a larger trial in nearly 5,000 children, on a malaria vaccine proven to be 77 per cent effective. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 24, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nigeria: What Nation Must Do to Eliminate Malaria
[The Conversation Africa] Nigeria accounts for nearly a quarter of deaths from malaria in the world - in 2018 the numbers stood at 95,000. Three of the country's top malaria researchers reflect on why the numbers remain so high. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 24, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Pathogens, Public Health, & Political Will - Why Sustained Leadership Is Critical
[IPS] The occasion of World Malaria Day amidst a global pandemic warrants an examination of the intersection between our decades long battle against the world's oldest known fever and the newest known pathogen fueling a global pandemic. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 24, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: On World Malaria Day, We Must Step Up Efforts to Combat Malaria
[IPS] Geneva -- Despite its 229 million cases and 409,000 deaths in 2019, malaria is an overlooked epidemic. The emergence of COVID-19 has thrown health systems into disarray and forced countries to shift their focus from malaria to the pandemic response, threatening to reverse 20 years of malaria gains. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 24, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Tanzania: U.S. Supports Tanzania's Anti Malaria Campaign
[Daily News] THE United States has provided US dollars 176 million (equivalent to 408bn/-) to Tanzania in the past four years to support the fight against Malaria in the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 24, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nigeria: Nigeria Needs N1.89 Trillion to Reduce Malaria Prevalence, Mortality By 2025 - Minister
[Premium Times] About N1.89 trillion will be needed if Nigeria is to achieve malaria prevalence rate of less than 10 per cent and reduce mortality rate to less than 50 deaths per 1,000 live births by 2025, an official has said. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 24, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nigeria: FG Needs N1.89 Trillion to Tackle Malaria, Says Health Minister
[Vanguard] The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says Nigeria needs over a trillion naira to effectively combat malaria in the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 24, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Countries With Free Primary Healthcare More Successful in Malaria Fight #ZeroMalaria
[allAfrica] Johannesburg -- "As we commemorate World Malaria Day this year, we must remember that this is a disease that is preventable and treatable and yet it kills more than 400 000 people every year. We have made huge strides in combating this global killer but lately progress has plateaued, particularly in countries with a high burden of diseases, we have missed critical targets of the global malaria strategy, at the same time we have made great strides with many nations now on the role to eliminate malaria," said Dr Tedros Adha (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 23, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Malaria Vaccine Becomes First to Achieve WHO-specified 75% Efficacy Goal
[Oxford University] Researchers from the University of Oxford and their partners have today reported findings from a Phase IIb trial of a candidate malaria vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, which demonstrated high-level efficacy of 77% over 12-months of follow-up. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 23, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: RTS,S Malaria Vaccine Reaches More Than 650 000 Children in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi Through Groundbreaking Pilot Programme
[WHO] Malaria vaccine coverage through childhood immunization programme signals strong community demand for vaccine. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 23, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Burundi: Pumps, Bicycles and Satellites - How MSF is Fighting Malaria in Burundi
[MSF] Thursday, April 22, 2021 -- Teams from Doctors Without Borders (MSF) have carried out a number of large-scale malaria prevention campaigns in eastern Burundi in recent years, most recently in the hills of Kinyinya. Their objective: to attack the disease at its source by reducing the number of mosquitoes."Come back and visit us!" Standing in the middle of a pile of his possessions, moved outside his house for safekeeping, Benoit Misago watches the departure of the team of sprayers after they spent 20 m (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 23, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Botswana: Prevention Measures Essential to Malaria Fight
[Botswana Daily News] Maun -- Ngami region has recorded more malaria cases compared to the previous season. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 23, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nigeria: Nigeria Misses Out As WHO Selects 25 Countries for Malaria Elimination Initiative
[Leadership] Ahead of World Malaria Day 2021, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched a new initiative to halt ma-laria transmission in 25 more countries by 2025. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 23, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
