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  GENEVA, Dec 6, 2021 (BSS/AFP) - Pandemic-related disruptions caused tens of  thousands more malaria deaths in 2020, the World Health

The UN health agency cited a total of 241 million cases of the disease in 2020, up 14 million from the year before.

Disruptions due to the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in considerable increases in malaria cases and deaths between 2019 and 2020, the World Health

Pandemic-related disruptions caused tens of thousands more malaria deaths in 2020, the World Health Organisation said on Monday, but it added that urgent action had averted a far worse scenario.

GENEVA, Dec 6 — Pandemic-related disruptions caused tens of thousands more malaria deaths in 2020, the World Health Organisation said today, but added that urgent action had averted a far worse scenario. In a fresh report, the UN health agency found that Covid-19 had reversed progress against the...

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire says the 200 million dollars loan request is Nigeria’s counterpart fund to complement a global malaria action plan to combat malaria in the country. | Pulse Nigeria

More(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire says the 200 million dollars loan request is Nigeria’s counterpart fund to complement a global malaria action plan to combat malaria in the country. Ehanire said this at the Bi-Weekly National Briefing on COVID-19, Cholera, Health Promotion and other related issues in Abuja. African Examiner […]

The fund, if approved, would be used to medically fight malaria in 13 states. | Pulse Nigeria

NPHCDA has said that it did not advocate for a $200 million loan for the importation and local production of mosquito nets in the country.

Malaria is estimated to be responsible for an average annual reduction of 1.3 percent in Africa’s economic growth.