Sudan: Malaria Outbreak Continues
[Dabanga] Toker / Khartoum -- In Toker, Red Sea state, 80 cases of malaria infections were reported within a week. Four people died. The Ministry of Health in Khartoum has stressed the need for urgent action to control the increase of malaria infections in the city. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 13, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Ghana: Ghana Becomes First Country to Approve 'World-Changer' Malaria Vaccine
[Vanguard] Ghana is the first country to approve a new malaria vaccine that has been described as a "world-changer" by the scientists who developed it. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 13, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Uganda: Private Sector Players Urged to Join Anti-Malaria Fight
[Nile Post] With Malaria still a major public health concern in Uganda the public sector has been urged to join the fight against the disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 4, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Liberia: U.S. Global Malaria Coordinator Commends the Ministry of Health for 'Laudable Job' in Reducing Malaria Infections
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Dr. David Walton, United States of America's new Global Malaria Coordination, has commended the Ministry of Health, along with community health workers, for a 'laudable job' done in the fight to reduce the rate of malaria infection cases in Liberia. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - March 28, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: WHO Publishes Recommendations On Two New Types of Insecticide-Treated Nets
[WHO] Since 2005, over 2 billion insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) have been distributed worldwide to prevent malaria. All of these nets were treated with only one insecticide class - pyrethroids. However, as mosquitoes in many areas are now resistant to pyrethroids, nets treated with other active ingredients are needed to control malaria. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - March 27, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Rwanda: Rwanda First African Country to Fully Integrate Drone Technology in Fighting Malaria
[New Times] In a world still grappling with malaria elimination, Rwanda was the first country to integrate and deploy drones in the most malaria endemic zones of the country for an accelerated outcome. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - March 27, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: WHO Announces New Director of the Global Malaria Programme
[WHO] WHO is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Daniel Ngamije Madandi, MD, MPH as Director of the Global Malaria Programme, effective 8 April 2023. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - March 23, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Uganda: Leaders Blame High Number of Malaria Deaths On Health Ministry Failing to Sending Medicine
[Nile Post] Butebo leaders have blamed the high number of Malaria related deaths in the district to drug stock out. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - March 15, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Seychelles: New Mosquito Discovered in Seychelles Through Genetic Sequencing
[Seychelles News Agency] Wrongly classified mosquito larvae in Seychelles have now been rightly attributed to a new species after an entomologist and his team analysed new samples through the use of genetic sequencing. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - March 15, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Uganda: New Malaria Threat to Africa's Urban Areas
[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala, Uganda -- A species of mosquito that can carry malaria known as Anopheles stephensi has invaded eastern Africa. Moina Spooner, from The Conversation Africa, in October 2020 asked Jeremy Herren and Clifford Mutero; scientists at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology in Nairobi, to provide insights into why this invasion is happening and what can be done to protect people. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - March 13, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Sudan: Dengue and Malaria Cases Rise in Khartoum
[Dabanga] Khartoum / Omdurman -- The Ministry of Health in Khartoum has stressed the need for urgent action to control the dengue fever outbreak, along with an increase in malaria infections. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - March 8, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Kenya: Kenya Expands Use of World's First Malaria Vaccine in Lake-Endemic Region
[PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative] Nairobi -- Kenya's Ministry of Health announced that, starting on March 7, 2023, more children in the country will benefit from the added protection of the world's first malaria vaccine, RTS,S/AS01 (or RTS,S). The malaria vaccine expansion follows the Kenya National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (KENITAG) recommendation for expansion within Kenya's lake-endemic region and the 2021 World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation for broader use of the vaccine among children in sub-Saharan Africa and in other re (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - March 6, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Rwanda: Rwanda Receives Continental Award for Advancing Digital Agenda for Ending Malaria
[New Times] Rwanda is among the recipients of the Excellence and Innovation Awards for advancing the digitalisation agenda for malaria, reproductive, maternal, new-born, child and adolescent health (RMNCAH), and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) to enhance data driven decision-making. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - February 21, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Kenya: Unease As Dangerous Mosquito Vector Detected in the Country
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya Medical Research Inistitute (KEMRI) researchers have detected a new dangerous mosquito vector dubbed 'Anopheles Stephensi' that thrives in urban and rural areas. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - February 19, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: AI Tool '98% Correct' to Predict Mosquitoes' Age
[SciDev.Net] Dar-Es-Salaami -- Using machine learning techniques to predict the age of mosquitoes from different populations could reduce turnaround time for malaria research and improve surveillance programmes, a study says. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - January 27, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
