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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Dual insecticide mosquito nets reduce malaria incidence by 46% – The Lancet
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…
Read MoreWHO, Global Fund support Sao Tome and Principe in the fight against malaria
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…
Read MoreUganda to accelerate its battle against malaria with US$587m boost from Global Fund
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,…
Read MoreGovernment set to improve utilisation of Global Fund grants in fight against HIV, TB and malaria
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…
Read MoreGhana to receive US$234 million from Global Fund to build sustainable systems for health
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…
Read MoreBioNTech to reduce childhood mortality caused by malaria with new vaccine
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…
Read MoreAfrica CDC partners Medicines for Malaria Venture to enhance access to quality approved antimalarials
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…
Read MoreUS unveils 5-yr USAID Malaria Capacity Strengthening program in Mozambique
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…
Read MoreCOVID disruption resulted in 63,000 more malaria deaths—WHO
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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