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Botswana: Govt Reintroduces DDT to Eradicate Malaria
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Malaria remains a huge health challenge in Botswana and has compelled the government to reintroduce the use of Dichlo-Diphenyl Trichloroethane (DDT). (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 19, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Uganda: Malaria Illness on the Rise in Nkozi AreaEmail this article to a colleague.
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MALARIA infections top the list of patients seeking medical services at Nkozi Hospital, doctors have said. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 18, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Tunisia: 2009 JCI Congress Highlights Climate Change And Fight Against MalariaEmail this article to a colleague.
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A news conference was held on Sunday at the sea side resort of Yasmine Hammamet as part of the 64th edition of the Junior International Congress JCI scheduled for November 16 to 21, 2009. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 17, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Ghana: Mewe Organizes 'Get Healthy' Cycle RaceEmail this article to a colleague.
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'MEWE',an Italian -based NGO orphanage, organized its fourth annual edition of the orphanage's rural bicycle race competition on at Wawase in the Twifo Hemang Lower Denkyira District at Central Region. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 17, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
East Africa: USA Gives U.S.$333 Million to Fight MalariaEmail this article to a colleague.
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Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda are among the five East, Central and Western African countries which are going to benefit from the global funds US $336 million to battle malaria. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 16, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Gambia: Malian Leader Acknowledges President Jammeh's MessageEmail this article to a colleague.
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His Excellency the president of the Republic of Mali, Amadou Toumani Toure, has expressed appreciation to the Gambian leader, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya AJJ Jammeh, for the message sent to him and the people of Mali during the celebration of their National Day. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 16, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nigeria: Malaria Eradication - FG to Distribute 63 Million NetsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The federal government plans to distribute 63 million nets between the end of this year and next year, with the provision of two per household, and to provide treatment for case management for every case of malaria in every public hospital in the country free of charge. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 16, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
East Africa: Global Fund Releases U.S.$336 Million for Buying NetsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The number of East Africans protected from malaria through bed nets is set to rise dramatically following the release of $336 million by the Global Fund for the purchase of the protective items for five countries. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 16, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Groundbreaking Advances in Malaria Research Show Promise for Fight Against One of the World's Deadliest DiseasesEmail this article to a colleague.
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In a novel approach at disseminating scientific research, the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute (JHMRI) will hold a web summit to release the latest breakthroughs in malaria research, including new approaches to boosting mosquito immunity to malaria, mapping mosquito migrations, and the promise of a rapid sputum test that could revolutionize the way malaria is tracked and tested for in rural areas, which are hotbeds for the disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 13, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Uganda: Nakasongola Has Failed to Sell Insecticide-Treated NetsEmail this article to a colleague.
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THE insecticide-treated mosquito nets sent to Nakasongola district for sell at a subsidised price have not been sold, the district health inspector, Moses Ziwa, has said. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 13, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Southern Africa: SADC Health Ministers to Engage on Malaria IssuesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Health ministers from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states are expected to gather in Limpopo next week to discuss issues related to malaria. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 11, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Campaign to End Malaria Kicks Off Ahead of World CupEmail this article to a colleague.
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High-profile figures from the world of sport, politics, non-governmental organizations, global health, and business, came together in Addis Ababa yesterday to show their support and to launch the United Against Malaria campaign across Africa. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 9, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Kenya: Govt Hopes to End Malaria by 2017Email this article to a colleague.
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Kenya hopes to eliminate malaria by 2017, a malaria conference heard last week. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 9, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Tanzania: How Usa River Rotary Club Is Combating MalariaEmail this article to a colleague.
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To kick off their $80,000 Malaria Awareness and Prevention Project, Usa River Rotary Club has donated drugs and equipment to Holy Ghost Fathers' Clinic in Usa River. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 9, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Petition to Obama to Help Fight Aids, TB And MalariaEmail this article to a colleague.
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A group of delegates have urged US president Barack Obama to show leadership in the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria during the 5th Pan-Africa Malaria Conference held in Nairobi, Kenya from November 2 to 6. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 9, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Hopes Rise for First Global Malaria VaccineEmail this article to a colleague.
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It has been revealed that after 20 years of trials, scientists are on the threshold of discovering a malaria vaccine. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 9, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
East Africa: Region to Take Part in Historic Malaria Vaccine TrialsEmail this article to a colleague.
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East Africa is among regions that have been put on a malaria vaccine trial as world scientists frantically seek a lasting solution to the world's leading killer disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 9, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nigeria: Fight Against Malaria, Holy Obligation - BishopEmail this article to a colleague.
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Executive Director of Nigerian Inter-Faith Ation Assocation (NIFAA), Bishop Sunday Onuoha has said the fight against malaria menance was a holy obligation and a noble service to humanity. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 9, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Kenya: Researcher Awarded for Efforts in Fighting MalariaEmail this article to a colleague.
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Every time Fredros Okumu spends his free time in a mosquito infested field, the world moves a step towards finding the elusive long term cure for malaria. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 9, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Global Fund to Help Put 50 Million More Bed Nets in African HomesEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria announced today that it has transferred USD 336 million to Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Nigeria to pay for the provision of more than 50 million long-lasting insecticidal nets in the next few months. Together, this will amount to a 2/3 increase of the number of bed nets in Africa through Global Fund supported programmes. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: UN Anti-Malaria Official Commends Unicef for Funding 20 Million Mosquito NetsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The official tasked with spearheading United Nations efforts against malaria has welcomed the decision of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) to allocate more than $8 million in new funds to distribute insecticide-treated mosquito nets in eight countries in sub-Saharan Africa. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Uganda: Official Drugs Seized From Private ClinicEmail this article to a colleague.
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A TOTAL of 650 dozes of government anti-malaria tablets were yesterday impounded at a city health centre. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Uganda: Another Malaria Drug LaunchedEmail this article to a colleague.
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A New anti-malarial drug has been launched in Uganda. Artefan is a combination of Artemether and Lumefantine, with the same chemical composition as Coartem. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Drug Subsidy Key to Anti-Malaria EffortEmail this article to a colleague.
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Just three percent of malaria-infected children in Africa get World Health Organisation-recommended drugs. One expert has equated this to a death sentence for sick children. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Counterterrorism's Blindness - Mali and the U.S.Email this article to a colleague.
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Tucked away in the corners of the news media sits a report that the US government will provide US$5 million in trucks and military equipment to Mali. The aim of this donation is to help the Malian military fight the group known as al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). Last December, AQIM kidnapped two Canadian diplomats, who were released after four months. This is what they do these days: kidnap, extort, run guns and drugs. Islam is a veneer. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 5, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Kenya: Bid to Save Children Within GraspEmail this article to a colleague.
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One of Africa's toughest challenges -- malaria -- is finally getting the attention it deserves. For the past week in Nairobi, the world's leading malaria experts met at the Multilateral Initiative on Malaria Conference to review the latest strategies to fight the disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 5, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Malaria Impasse 'Could Be Overcome With Brain Scans'Email this article to a colleague.
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Billions of dollars have been spent on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) yet its potential for understanding cerebral malaria remains virtually untapped, say researchers. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 5, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Kenya: New Malaria Policy to Guard SpreadEmail this article to a colleague.
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At least 80 per cent of Kenyans living in malaria-prone areas will be protected from contracting the disease in the next four years, according to a new plan. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 5, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Malaria Vaccine Draws CloserEmail this article to a colleague.
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After 20 years of trials, scientists have announced they are on the threshold of discovering a malaria vaccine. Researchers warn that Africa may not be ready to make use of the vaccine should it be approved as expected within five years. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 5, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
South Africa: Sama Encourages Travelers to Get Anti-Malaria MedicineEmail this article to a colleague.
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The South African Medical Association (SAMA) has advised people planning to travel to the low altitude areas of the north eastern parts of the country to get a prescription for anti-malarial medicine. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 4, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Traditional Medicine Can Prevent Malaria, Say ExpertsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Encouraging the use of traditional African herbal medicines could prevent some of the one million malarial deaths on the continent, according to specialists attending a conference in Nairobi. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 4, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Continent to Benefit From World's Largest Malaria Vaccine TrialEmail this article to a colleague.
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A pivotal efficacy trial of RTS,S, the world's most clinically advanced malaria vaccine candidate, is now underway in seven African countries: Burkina Faso, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania, a statement made available to Leadership Correspondent in New York has said. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 4, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Leading Malaria Scientists Highlight Latest Research on Improving Access to Lifesaving InterventionsEmail this article to a colleague.
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On the first day of the scientific program at the world's largest malaria conference, researchers, public health officials and policymakers took a hard look at current malaria interventions and presented evidence on what more must be done to improve access to proven methods by the world's poorest people. New research released at MIM highlighted the need for coordinated action by the malaria community to provide timely and effective financial and technical assistance to endemic countries. While more effective malaria treatments and prevention methods exist today than ever before, the majority of the most vulnerable don't ha...
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 4, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: World's Largest Malaria Conference Opens With Research Aimed at EradicationEmail this article to a colleague.
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The world's largest malaria conference opened today with a call for substantial and sustained support for research to guide evidence-based policies and the development of new malaria tools, which together could save countless lives. The 5th Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (MIM) Pan-African Conference brings together 2,000 researchers, health workers, public health officials, policymakers and activists from across Africa and around the world. Kenya's Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka opened the conference. The first MIM conference to be held in four years, it will highlight the latest research in malaria prevention and trea...
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 4, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Rwanda: Subsidised Anti-Malaria Drugs to Arrive SoonEmail this article to a colleague.
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Rwanda has been cited among the twelve sub-Saharan countries that will receive subsidized anti-Malaria drugs under the Affordable Medicines Facility Programme aimed at increasing accessibility to malaria treatment. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 4, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Kenya: Locally-Growing Moringa Tree Key in Fight Against MalariaEmail this article to a colleague.
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A malaria treatment derived from a locally-growing shrub is one of only a few herbal cures being presented at the ongoing international conference in Nairobi. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 3, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Kenya: Take Advantage of Malaria GoodwillEmail this article to a colleague.
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The ongoing international malaria conference in Nairobi is arguably one of the biggest such meetings to be held over a single disease in Africa. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 3, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Kenya: Africa Not Ready for Malaria Vaccine, Says ResearcherEmail this article to a colleague.
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African countries are not prepared to receive the malaria vaccine yet, a scientist said on Tuesday. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 3, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: WHO - U.S. $39 Billion Needed to Fight PneumoniaEmail this article to a colleague.
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World Health Organisation (WHO) said yesterday $39 billion was required to tackle pneumonia in 68 "high burden" countries including Nigeria, where 20 per cent of children under the age of five years die annually. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 3, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nigeria: NAFDAC Arraigns Two for Importing Fake Malaria DrugsEmail this article to a colleague.
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NATIONAL Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) will today arraign two men before the Federal High Court, Lagos for allegedly importing fake and adulterated anti-malaria drugs into the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 3, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Uganda: FoF's Ssali On Malaria CampaignEmail this article to a colleague.
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CHARLES Ssali, an U-12 footballer, will represent Uganda at the launch of the 'United Against Malaria' campaign due in Ethiopia November 5-8. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 3, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Experts Unveil New Malaria Testing KitsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Newly developed malaria testing technologies could help shift diagnoses from the current hit or miss management to treating only the confirmed cases. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 2, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Kenya: Kalonzo Opens Experts' Meeting On MalariaEmail this article to a colleague.
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Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka on Sunday urged governments and donors to increase funding for research and control in order to eradicate malaria. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 2, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Benin: Insecticide 'Wallpaper' Lethal to Malaria MosquitoesEmail this article to a colleague.
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'Wallpapering' huts with sheeting made from insecticide-treated plastic could be a new tool for malaria control, research in Benin shows. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - October 30, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
South Africa: Dubious Studies Poison War On MalariaEmail this article to a colleague.
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FOR years, fear and uncertainty, fuelled by politically driven and misleading information, undermined the fight against HIV/AIDS in SA. The result was the avoidable deaths of more than 300000 people. Now fear and uncertainty are being peddled again, this time against DDT use in malaria control. Without strict adherence to evidence and good science, the consequences for malaria control and human lives in Africa will be dire. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - October 30, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Uganda: Nothing But Nets Delivers Anti-Malaria Nets to Children and FamiliesEmail this article to a colleague.
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From October 23-30, 2009, the United Nations Foundation's Nothing But Nets, a global, grassroots campaign to prevent malaria in Africa, will travel to refugee camps in Uganda to help distribute anti-malaria bed nets. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - October 29, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Malaria Tests Minus the BloodEmail this article to a colleague.
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To detect malaria people might soon be able to chew a stick of gum and swipe it over a magnet or scan a finger with ultra-far infrared light. Neither test requires a blood sample. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - October 29, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Kenya: Alert Over New Malaria TrendEmail this article to a colleague.
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Malaria-causing mosquitoes are changing their feeding habits, getting their meals earlier in the evening before people go to sleep under nets. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - October 28, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Zambia: Nation Heads for Malaria-Free StatusEmail this article to a colleague.
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HEALTH Minister Kapembwa Simbao has said Zambia is advancing towards the malaria-free status after reducing the prevalence rate to an average of 35 cases in every 1,000 people. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - October 28, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Zambia: Lusaka Declares War Against Malaria, CholeraEmail this article to a colleague.
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LUSAKA District Commissioner Christah Kalulu is confident and she has every reason to be. Hopefully this year the busy cosmopolitan city of Lusaka will have fewer cases of cholera and malaria, and suffer less disaster than it has during rainy seasons over the past decade. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - October 27, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
