Malaria
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Shipments to African countries herald final steps toward broader vaccination against malaria
Nov 23, 2023Shipments of the world’s first WHO-recommended malaria vaccine, RTS,S, have begun with 331,200 doses landing last night in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The delivery is the first to a country not previously involved in the malaria vaccine pilot... -
$14.25 billion is raised by the Global Fund to fight malaria, TB, and HIV
Sep 22, 2022In spite of decades of progress against the diseases being reversed by Covid, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria received $14.25 billion on Wednesday at a donor meeting hosted by US President Joe... -
Millions more children to benefit from malaria vaccine as UNICEF secures supply
Aug 17, 2022UNICEF has awarded a contract for the first ever supply of a malaria vaccine to GSK with a value of up to USD 170 million. The landmark award will lead to 18 million doses of RTS,S/AS01... -
China certified as malaria-free by WHO, following a 70-year effort
Jun 30, 2021China was certified as malaria-free on Wednesday by the World Health Organization, following a 70-year effort to eradicate the mosquito-borne disease. The country reported 30 million cases of the infectious disease annually in the 1940s but... -
China recognized as a malaria-free country
Jun 30, 2021The World Health Organization (WHO) has certified China as a malaria-free country. The world’s second-largest economy has had to wait seven decades to be free of the mosquito-borne disease. NDTV news. In the 1940s, 30 million... -
Malaria can and should be eradicated within a generation
Sep 16, 2019A future free of malaria, one of the world’s oldest and deadliest diseases, can be achieved as early as 2050, according to a new report published by The Lancet Commission on malaria eradication. Authored by 41... -
GM fungus can rapidly kill mosquitoes that spread malaria
May 31, 2019GM Fungus enhanced to produce spider toxin – can rapidly kill huge numbers of the mosquitoes that spread malaria, a study suggests. Trials, which took place in Burkina Faso, showed mosquito populations collapsed by 99% within... -
Mosquito-killing drug reduced malaria episodes by a fifth among children
Mar 16, 2019Childhood malaria episodes could be reduced by 20% — from 2.49 to 2 cases per child — during malaria transmission season if the whole population were given a drug called ivermectin every three weeks, according to... -
Malaria deaths down, risks still remain in Chattogram Hill Tracks
Apr 27, 2018Three Hill Tract districts Bangladesh- Bandarban, Rangamati and Khagrachhari, are at considerable risk of malaria despite much has been achieved in checking the menace of the mosquito-borne disease. According to the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NECP),... -
Malaria is spreading rapidly in crisis-hit Venezuela
Apr 24, 2018Malaria is spreading rapidly in crisis-hit Venezuela, with more than an estimated 406,000 cases in 2017, up roughly 69 percent from a year before, the largest increase worldwide, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday....
