Follow AllAfrica News: Malaria, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/all-africa-news-malaria Mon, 28 Nov 2022 10:38:28 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TFsWHapRTQHi1qbvCwNagoMOI2eu70Rg [RBM] Following more than five months of consultation with partners and other key stakeholders, the RBM Partnership to End Malaria Board has announced a series of changes to the organization's governance structure, marking a pivotal juncture for the RBM Partnership.]]> Mon, 28 Nov 2022 09:58:22 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TFsWHapRTQHi1qbvCwNagoMOI2eu70Rg https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TFsWHapRTQF_WP2EnWTS3nCrAHWlao0B [WHO] WHO is launching today a new strategy to respond to the urgent problem of antimalarial drug resistance in Africa. The strategy is being released during World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, a global annual campaign to improve awareness of the growing threat of resistance to antibiotics and other medicines.]]> Mon, 28 Nov 2022 09:29:06 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TFsWHapRTQF_WP2EnWTS3nCrAHWlao0B https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TFsWHapRTQHVKjJFbedJmq8qfTAM-Smm [UN News] A new strategy has been launched to address the urgent problem of antimalarial drug resistance in Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday.]]> Fri, 25 Nov 2022 08:32:44 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TFsWHapRTQHVKjJFbedJmq8qfTAM-Smm https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TFsWHapRTQGOYWIK1JxUXn1d0VB8z-7c [Nyasa Times] Malawi's Malaria Control Programme has disclosed that it will officially roll out malaria vaccine to the remaining areas of the targeted districts on November 29 in Mchinji district.]]> Thu, 24 Nov 2022 10:15:32 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TFsWHapRTQGOYWIK1JxUXn1d0VB8z-7c https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TFsWHapRTQHNCyEMOZ-Gga8qfTAM-Smm [Africa Renewal] A new WHO strategy builds on lessons learned from past global plans and complements existing strategies]]> Mon, 21 Nov 2022 09:19:17 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TFsWHapRTQHNCyEMOZ-Gga8qfTAM-Smm https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TFsWHapRTQE0V8GbG3s11LG7Iy_4u0x9 [The Exchange] South Sudan sets target of reducing malaria deaths by 80 per cent by 2025, renews efforts towards ending malaria]]> Sat, 19 Nov 2022 21:03:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TFsWHapRTQE0V8GbG3s11LG7Iy_4u0x9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TFsWHapRTQFjFT3lB2LAZdKEpFgimKzx [Ghanaian Times] An epidemiologist and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Health and Allied Sciences, Pro-fessor Fred Binka, has advised government to commit more resources to fight malaria.]]> Thu, 17 Nov 2022 11:06:15 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TFsWHapRTQFjFT3lB2LAZdKEpFgimKzx https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TFsWHapRTQHY6iBV7vkmgQO5yOwvVe_2 [VOA] Malaria exploded this year in the Ethiopian city of Dire Dawa, which saw more than 10 times as many cases between January and May as it did in all of 2019.]]> Tue, 15 Nov 2022 07:59:34 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TFsWHapRTQHY6iBV7vkmgQO5yOwvVe_2 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TFsWHapRTQFZx4p5OY_HawVLTsI7B9NX [The Conversation Africa] Changes in climatic factors - such as higher temperatures and increased rainfall - affect the developmental, behavioural and distribution patterns of insects like mosquitoes. These changes have serious implications for the effective control of insect-borne diseases such as malaria.]]> Fri, 11 Nov 2022 06:57:44 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TFsWHapRTQFZx4p5OY_HawVLTsI7B9NX https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TFsWHapRTQFzIzwOpSyAzVyOSYGFl6uu [The Conversation Africa] Malaria remains one of the most devastating parasitic diseases affecting humans. In 2020 there were around 241 million cases and 672,000 malaria-related deaths. This is a sharp increase from 2019.]]> Sat, 05 Nov 2022 11:51:07 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TFsWHapRTQFzIzwOpSyAzVyOSYGFl6uu https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TFsWHapRTQGXsU0sM6SVMlw3HFUzDTIP [Dabanga] El Obeid / El Fasher / Khartoum -- Cases of dengue fever* have appeared in North Kordofan, while North Darfur continues to suffer from large numbers of dengue and malaria cases and Khartoum state is monitoring a rise in malaria cases in some localities. No cases of Ebola have been reported in Sudan so far.]]> Thu, 03 Nov 2022 10:10:30 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TFsWHapRTQGXsU0sM6SVMlw3HFUzDTIP https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TFsWHapRTQGwKpUxbZNso-9WSSr4-0sP [DW] Researchers have linked an invasive mosquito to recent malaria outbreaks. The species thrives in urban areas and threatens to undo progress in eradicating the disease]]> Wed, 02 Nov 2022 08:02:16 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TFsWHapRTQGwKpUxbZNso-9WSSr4-0sP https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TFsWHapRTQFBmEMF2uMNDWFk24e89-qg [Addis Standard] Addis Ababa -- Thirty seven people have died and more than 131, 000 have been infected with malaria in the past three months, Abera said, the deputy head of the Oromia Health Bureau, Abera Botore said. The number of malaria cases in the Oromia Region, which has been in decline for years, has increased since January 2022 and is expanding to various zones, districts and cities of the region, according to Abera.]]> Tue, 01 Nov 2022 09:11:05 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TFsWHapRTQFBmEMF2uMNDWFk24e89-qg https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TFsWHapRTQGew5qi_aJr-nKSkciKEY1s [The Conversation Africa] The development of an effective vaccine for malaria has proved to be far more challenging than developing a vaccine to protect people from COVID-19. Several different COVID-19 vaccines were developed and approved for use within a year of the disease's emergence.]]> Sun, 30 Oct 2022 13:41:35 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TFsWHapRTQGew5qi_aJr-nKSkciKEY1s https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TFsWHapRTQGAGWFHAOX9SXtuT6pSmY81 [The Exchange] Zero Malaria: Through the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI), Zanzibar plans to end malaria prevalence by 2027 as part of the island's initiatives to improve welfare and increase tourism.]]> Sat, 29 Oct 2022 11:23:41 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TFsWHapRTQGAGWFHAOX9SXtuT6pSmY81 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TFsWHapRTQFqqrFp8xmwdOifqJurszLU [allAfrica] Harare -- Malaria is the world's most important and deadly tropical mosquito-borne parasitic disease, according to the United Nations, killing a child under five every 75 seconds, and making it an urgent public health priority for the world.]]> Fri, 28 Oct 2022 16:11:46 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TFsWHapRTQFqqrFp8xmwdOifqJurszLU https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TFsWHapRTQH3ESHPJK6aGVe5jCclomp- [Daily News] Dodoma -- MINISTER for Health Ummy Mwalimu and United States Ambassador to Tanzania Dr Donald Wright have taken part in an event to celebrate five years of impact of malaria support from Okoa Maisha Dhibiti Malaria ("Save Lives End Malaria") and Impact Malaria activities.]]> Fri, 21 Oct 2022 08:58:24 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TFsWHapRTQH3ESHPJK6aGVe5jCclomp- https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TFsWHapRTQFV41w45mVboBhSCv31NykC [UCT] Dr Lauren Arendse and Prof Kelly Chibale, researchers from the University of Cape Town (UCT) are part of a breakthrough finding that shows that a cancer drug, currently in clinical trials, can potentially protect from, cure, and prevent the transmission of malaria.]]> Thu, 20 Oct 2022 09:11:47 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TFsWHapRTQFV41w45mVboBhSCv31NykC https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TFsWHapRTQGFxtG0yHTlg2hamfNIiY2W [UCT] The University of Cape Town (UCT) has received a major funding boost from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to launch a three-year capacity-building programme for malaria modelling in sub-Saharan Africa.]]> Mon, 17 Oct 2022 13:31:11 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TFsWHapRTQGFxtG0yHTlg2hamfNIiY2W https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TFsWHapRTQEd5uVSS7fKNwX50KYzL9tX [The Conversation Africa] Malaria is caused by the parasite Plasmodium falciparum, which is transmitted by mosquitos. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that in 2020, there were 241 million cases and 627,000 deaths worldwide, 94% of cases and 96% of deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa. Tragically, malaria claims the life of a child under the age of five every minute.]]> Fri, 14 Oct 2022 06:34:41 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TFsWHapRTQEd5uVSS7fKNwX50KYzL9tX