Rwanda: Malaria - How Is Rwanda Handling Insecticide Resistance?
[New Times] Malaria remains a public health issue in Rwanda, despite collaborative efforts. However, with interventions such as mass and routine distribution of Long-Lasting Insecticide Nets (LLINs) and Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) in high endemic districts, malaria cases in Rwanda have dropped by 88 per cent in 2023, according to Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC). (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 26, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Central Africa East Africa Health and Medicine Malaria Rwanda Source Type: news
Africa: Data Arms Africa's Fight Against Malaria
[SciDev.Net] Year after year, hundreds of thousands of lives in Africa are lost to malaria--a preventable and treatable disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 26, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Africa Health and Medicine Malaria Source Type: news
South Africa: SA On Track to Eliminate Malaria Disease By 2028
[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Health says South Africa is on track to achieve malaria elimination status by 2028, as outlined in the National Malaria Elimination Strategic Plan. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 26, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Health and Medicine Malaria South Africa Southern Africa Source Type: news
Africa: World Malaria Day 2024 - Young People Engaged Through Antimalaria School Clubs As Agents of Change in Malaria Control
[Malaria Consortium] Despite being preventable and treatable, malaria threatens the lives of 3.2 billion people around the world. Every year, the disease accounts for hundreds of thousands of deaths, the majority of which are in sub-Saharan Africa. As global actors come together to mark World Malaria Day 2024, we're featuring antimalaria school clubs, where young people are becoming agents of change, helping to secure a malaria-free future for themselves and their families. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 26, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Africa Health and Medicine Malaria Source Type: news
Africa: To End Malaria, We Must Advance Health Equity
[Global Fund] The fight against malaria is at a pivotal point. In recent years, the progress we have made against this disease has ground to a halt, particularly in countries that carry a high burden of the disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 26, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Africa Health and Medicine Malaria Source Type: news
Cameroon: The Women Leading the Charge Against Malaria in Cameroon
[Global Fund] We have new tools, but it is the health workers on the frontline who make the difference against malaria. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 26, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Cameroon Central Africa Health and Medicine Malaria West Africa Women and Gender Source Type: news
Africa: Global Fund Board Welcomes Investments Towards Ending Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria - Expresses Concern Over Growing Needs From Polycrisis Amid Global Economic Pressures
[Global Fund] Geneva -- The Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) held its 51st meeting this week in Geneva, Switzerland. While anticipating record disbursements this year, with an unprecedented pace of investment in resilient and sustainable systems for health (RSSH) and pandemic preparedness and response (PPR), the Board repeatedly acknowledged the numerous challenges - including climate change, conflict, displacement, geopolitics, the economic situation, and in particular, the (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 26, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Africa Health and Medicine Malaria Tuberculosis Source Type: news
Liberia: Major Step in Malaria Prevention As Three West African Countries Roll Out Vaccine
[GAVI] Cotonou/Freetown/Monrovia -- In a significant step forward for malaria prevention in Africa, three countries - Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone - today launched a large-scale rollout of the life-saving malaria vaccine targeting millions of children across the three West African nations. The vaccine rollout, announced on World Malaria Day, seeks to further scale up vaccine deployment in the African region.Today's launch brings to eight the number of countries on the continent to offer the malaria vaccine as part of the childhood (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 25, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Benin Children and Youth Health and Medicine Liberia Malaria NGOs and Civil Society Sierra Leone West Africa Source Type: news
Rwanda: Achieving a Malaria-Free Rwanda By 2030 Is Possible
[New Times] Latest data from Rwanda Biomedical Centre, as reported by The New Times in its April 24 edition, indicates that malaria cases in the country dropped by a staggering 88% in 2023. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 25, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Central Africa East Africa Health and Medicine Malaria Rwanda Source Type: news
Madagascar: Malaria On the Rise With Healthcare Out of Reach in Madagascar
[MSF] Madagascar is one of the countries most affected by malaria. According to the Ministry of Public Health, the reported number of malaria cases in 2023 exceeded the national epidemic threshold: 2.8 million cases and 400 deaths were recorded, compared to 1.7 million in 2022. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 25, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Aid and Assistance East Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Madagascar Malaria NGOs and Civil Society Source Type: news
Liberia: Speaker Koffa to Deliver Keynote Address At World Malaria Day Celebration Today
[FrontPageAfrica] Yarkpah Town -- Today, Liberia will join the rest of the world in commemoration of the World Malaria Day, under the theme: Health equity, Gender, and Human Rights." The national slogan is: "Sleep under the net, everywhere and every night." (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 25, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Health and Medicine Liberia Malaria West Africa Source Type: news
Africa: World Malaria Day 2024 - 'Accelerating the Fight Against Malaria for a More Equitable World'
[WHO] Dear malaria partners and friends, (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 24, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Malaria Source Type: news
Africa: World Malaria Day 2024: 'Accelerating The Fight Against Malaria for a More Equitable World'
[WHO] On this World Malaria Day 2024, we unite under the theme "Accelerating the fight against malaria for a more equitable world." This theme, which is in sync with this year's World Health Day theme ''My Health, My Right', underscores the urgent need to address the stark inequities that persist in access to malaria prevention, detection, and treatment services. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 24, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Africa Health and Medicine Malaria Source Type: news
Rwanda: Malaria Cases Down By 88% in 2023
[New Times] Malaria cases in Rwanda have dropped by 88 per cent as of 2023, according Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC). (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 24, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Central Africa East Africa Health and Medicine Malaria Rwanda Source Type: news
Africa: How Can We Achieve a Malaria-Free World?
[Malaria Consortium] This blog was written collaboratively by Shana Warren, Associate Director of Path-to-Scale Research & Research Scientist at Innovations for Poverty Action, a research and policy NGO, and Katherine Theiss-Nyland, Malaria Consortium's Technical Director. They share insights on the evidence driving the control and elimination of malaria and reflect on the most pressing challenges and promising interventions to meet this vital goal. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 23, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Africa Health and Medicine Malaria Source Type: news
