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Ministers of Health from African countries with the highest burden of malaria committed today to accelerated action to end deaths from the disease.

Two out of five cases of TB remain undiagnosed. A test using a skin patch could help change that.

As global travel rebounds, British tourists are vulnerable to serious infections only detected in tropical climates, says the UKHSA

Malaria Deaths Rise By 69,000 In 2020 Due To Covid Restrictions, Says WHO : Rashtra News In total, over 627,000 people globally were killed by malaria last year (Representational)Dakar, Senegal: Healthcare disruptions linked to the coronavirus pandemic helped malaria kill 69,000 more people in 2020 than the previous year, but a worst-case scenario was averted,

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) and the Ministry of Health of Zambia, together with the Principal Recipient, Churches Health Association of Zambia (CHAZ), have signed four new grants worth US$362 million. The new grants will continue to support the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria while also strengthening public health systems over the 2024-2026 period.

Malaria kills more than 600,000 people each year worldwide, and two thirds are children under age five in sub-Saharan Africa.

It happened by accident. In 1829 the naturalist Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward was trying to hatch a moth pupa. He placed it in a sealed glass container, along with some soil and dried leaves, and set it aside. Sometime later he was surprised to find that a fern and some grass had taken root in the

People living in ancient Eastern Arabia appear to have developed resistance to malaria following the appearance of agriculture in the region around five thousand years ago, a new study reveals.

The discovery of the G6PD Mediterranean mutation in ancient Bahrainis suggests that many people in the region’s ancient populations may have enjoyed protection from the infectious, deadly disease.

Plans are in place to expand medical assistance to Kobura ward.