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UGANDA – Ministry of Health has reported a worrying surge in malaria cases with figures showing there was an increase in malaria cases from 100,000 in 2021 to 199,695 cases…
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AFRICA – A second study in Africa by The Lancet has shown that Interceptor G2 nets, which contain chlorfenapyr and pyrethroid, reduced malaria incidence among children aged between six months…
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SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE – The World Health Organization in partnership with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and malaria, has supported the Ministry of Health in Sao Tome…
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UGANDA – Uganda is set to make a major shift in the battle against malaria from its contribution to the Global Fund, with the focus turning from treatment to prevention,…
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KENYA – Principal Secretary, Ministry of Health, State Department for Public Health and Professional Standards, Dr Josephine has called for investments that come from the Global Fund to go into…
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GHANA – The Global Fund has allocated US$234 million for the containment and prevention of HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria between 2024 and 2026. The allocation, which was made based…
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AFRICA – BioNTech has initiated an early-stage study to evaluate its experimental malaria vaccine, BNT165b1, in humans. The effort is one of several focused on addressing the mosquito-borne disease that…
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RWANDA – Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), focused on strengthening African manufacturing of…
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MOZAMBIQUE – The United States Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has initiated a five-year USAID Malaria Capacity Strengthening (MCAPS) program in Mozambique. The MCAPS program, a…
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SWITZERLAND — The coronavirus pandemic interrupted efforts to control malaria, resulting in 63,000 additional deaths and 13 million more infections globally over two years, according to a report from the…
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