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Ideally, at least all Ugandans have it in mind that Malaria is a preventable and treatable disease

World Malaria Day 2022 kicked off on a high note in Freetown with a commemorative event held by Sierra Leone’s Rotary Club and the government.

Today, prevalence rates have dropped significantly, especially among the most vulnerable population, mainly expectant women, and children under the age of five.

Dentsu International won the Grand Prix at The Drum Awards for Social Purpose, for its work with Malaria No More UK. It also won ‘Not-for-Profit Campaign of the Year’. A youth-led, grassroots project that reminded African governments of their commitment to eradicating the world’s oldest ad deadliest disease. Here, the team behind this winning entry explains how it was brought to life with the support of volunteers around the world.

English News and Press Release on Ghana about Health; published on 01 Jun 2021 by WHO

The MTV Africa Day Concert on May 25 brought together the best African talent with an explosive line-up of music stars across the continent.

Photo: PIXABAY State governments and healthcare professionals have said there is need for Nigeria to ensure that zero malaria target is achieved, just as they reeled out strategies deployed in combatting the disease in the various states across the country. They stated this during the St Racheal’s Pharma 2021 World Malaria Day Colloquium with the theme: Reaching the Zero Malaria Target. The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, St. Racheal’s Pharma, Akinjide Adeosun, said in order to rea...

Views: Visits 10 By Chioma Obinna As the world battle with the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers and other stakeholders in the campaign to eliminate malaria are calling for appropriate funding for malaria as it was done for COVID to avert what they described as ‘unacceptable’ deaths from the disease. According to them, the latest report from the World Health Organisation, WHO showed that an estimated 90,000 Nigerians died of malaria in 2020 and if nothing urgent is done, the death...

*AHAPN alerts to rising resistance of malaria parasite to ACTs, mosquitoes to insecticides *Urges institutes to intensify research into discovery, production of new medicines Pharmacists under the aegis of the National Association of Hospital and Administrative Pharmacists of Nigeria (AHAPN) have warned that rising resistance of mosquitoes to available insecticides and the malaria parasite to the drug of choice, Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy (ACT), are threatening efforts to ensure tha...

‘Innovative modes of treatment can help control spread of malaria’ Peshawar April 26, 2021 Rawalpindi : Malaria, one of the six priority communicable diseases of WHO, affects around 300,000 Pakistanis annually, killing about 50,000 of them hence, innovative modes of treatment are required to manage its spread, said Dr. Shumaila Naz Assistant Professor of the Department of Biological Sciences, of National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) here. The world commemorated World Malaria Day ...