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KENYA – The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a new initiative aimed at eliminating malaria within the African continent where the disease hits hardest. The move follows a 2019…
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USA – Researchers from Florida Atlantic University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science and Schmidt College of Medicine have developed a placenta-on-a-chip model that mimics the nutrient exchange between the…
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KENYA – The Government of Kenya has pledged US$ 10 Million to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria at the Global Fund’s Seventh Replenishment Conference in an…
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AFRICA – Malaria No More and the Health Finance Coalition (HFC) have launched a new health financing initiative for Africa dubbed the Outcomes Fund for Fevers (OFF) in partnership with…
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USA – Governments, businesses, and foundations have pledged US$14.2 billion to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria at a fundraising event hosted by the US, short of…
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UGANDA – The Africa Centres for Disease Control (Africa CDC) and partners have concluded a one-week hands-on training on malaria genomic epidemiology and data analytics in Kampala, Uganda. The interactive…
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UNITED KINGDOM –The fight against malaria has received another breakthrough after scientists at Oxford University developed a cheaper vaccine that can be manufactured at a greater scale. The vaccine, known…
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SWITZERLAND – The World Health Organization (WHO) has awarded prequalification to GSK’s malaria vaccine, Mosquirix (also known as RTS,S/AS01), GSK notified recently via a statement. The statement noted that the…
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ZIMBABWE – The AFRO II Project, funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), suggests that house screening may be an effective non-chemical-based innovation for vector control with the potential to…
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MOZAMBIQUE – Mozambique is exploring cost-effective interventions in fighting malaria particularly the reduction of mosquitoes entering houses and decrease in the number of new malaria cases. Mozambique has partnered with…
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