Rwanda: Rwanda - Malaria Cases Down By 88 Percent 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: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 24, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Central Africa East Africa Health and Medicine Malaria Rwanda Source Type: news
Africa: WHO Global Malaria Programme Launches New Operational Strategy
[WHO] Ahead of World Malaria Day, the WHO Global Malaria Programme published a new operational strategy outlining its priorities and key activities up to 2030 to help change the trajectory of malaria trends, with a view to achieving the global malaria targets. The strategy outlines 4 strategic objectives where WHO will focus its efforts, including developing norms and standards, introducing new tools and innovation, promoting strategic information for impact, and providing technical leadership of the global (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 23, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Malaria 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
Uganda: Malaria Consortium Honoured By Ugandan Government for Contribution to Combat Malaria
[Malaria Consortium] Malaria Consortium has been honoured for its groundbreaking efforts in malaria prevention, both within Uganda and internationally, at the annual World Malaria Day Scientific Colloquium 2024. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 23, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Malaria Uganda Source Type: news
Africa: How to Stop Five-Year-Olds from Dying Every Minute this World Malaria Day
[Goodbye Malaria] Goodbye Malaria calls for government, business, and non-profit sectors to work together to eliminate malaria in southern Africa by 2030. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 23, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Health and Medicine Malaria Source Type: news
Africa: Two New Malaria Vaccines Are Being Rolled Out Across Africa - How They Work and What They Promise
[The Conversation Africa] Malaria incidents are on the rise. There were 249 million cases of this parasitic disease in 2022, five million more than in 2021. Africa suffers more than any other region from malaria, with 94% of cases and 95% of deaths worldwide. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 23, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Africa Health and Medicine Malaria Source Type: news
Africa: From Grassroots to Global - Lessons From the Zero Malaria Starts With Me Campaign 2014-2024
[RBM] Friday, 25th April 2014 remains a special day in Speak Up Africa's institutional memory: the day that Zero Malaria Starts with Me was brought into the world. Government officials, led by the then Minister of Health and RBM Partnership to End Malaria Board Member Pr. Awa Coll-Seck, alongside donors, NGOs, and many others, gathered for the launch ceremony, without the knowledge of what would become of this campaign in just a few short years. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 23, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Africa Health and Medicine Malaria Source Type: news
Joel Breman, Who Helped Stop an Ebola Outbreak in Africa, Dies at 87
Part of a team flown in to fight the deadly virus in 1976, Dr. Breman also worked to stamp out tropical diseases like smallpox, malaria and Guinea worm. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Adam Nossiter Tags: Breman, Joel (1936-2024) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Institutes of Health Epidemics Disease Rates Ebola Virus Smallpox Malaria Africa Deaths (Obituaries) Source Type: news
What do you know about malaria?
Editors note: World Malaria Day will be observed Thursday, April 25. Malaria is caused by a single-celled parasite of the genus Plasmodium. The parasite is transmitted to humans most commonly through mosquito bites. The malaria parasites enter the bloodstream and travel to the liver. When the parasites mature, they leave the liver and infect red blood cells. This is when people typically develop malaria symptoms. Because the parasites that cause malaria affect red blood cells, people also can be infected… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - April 22, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Africa: Can Philanthropy Be Catalyst to Achieving Malaria Elimination?
[Malaria Consortium] A child dies almost every minute from malaria. While huge gains have been made in recent history in reducing the burden of malaria -- with deaths falling by 50 percent between 2000 and 2015 -- progress has stalled and we have seen the numbers of cases and deaths creeping back up in recent years. Achieving malaria elimination is a moving target, in more ways than one. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 19, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Africa Aid and Assistance Health and Medicine Malaria Source Type: news
IG Live April 22: Temperature Rising, Health Declining
(MedPage Today) -- Between 2030 and 2050, climate change is expected to cause approximately 250,000 additional deaths annually across the globe due to malnutrition, malaria, diarrhea, and heat stress. In addition to the human toll, scientists estimate... (Source: MedPage Today Allergy)
Source: MedPage Today Allergy - April 19, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: news
Nigeria: Seven Deaths Are From Malaria, Typhoid Not Strange Disease - Kano Govt
[Leadership] Kano State Ministry of Health has dispelled reports of an outbreak of a strange illness in Gundutse village of Kura local government area. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 18, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Malaria Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Africa: World Malaria Day 2024
[RBM] World Malaria Day is a pivotal moment in the calendar for the malaria community. It is a chance to come together, to raise awareness of the fight to end malaria and also to shine a light on the challenges we have in eliminating this devastating disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 18, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Africa Health and Medicine Malaria Source Type: news
Africa: New Nets Prevent 13 Million Malaria Cases in Sub-Saharan Africa
[Global Fund] Compared to standard nets, the introduction of 56 million state-of-the-art mosquito nets in 17 countries across sub-Saharan Africa averted an estimated 13 million malaria cases and 24,600 deaths. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 18, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Africa Health and Medicine Malaria Source Type: news
Southern Africa: Southern Africa Battles Deadly Cholera Outbreak
[DW] Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi are at the epicenter of the deadliest cholera outbreak in southern Africa in at least a decade. The global stockpile of vaccines to limit the disease's spread has run dry. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 17, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Health and Medicine Malaria Southern Africa Zambia Zimbabwe Source Type: news
