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Caribbean News Global April 23, 2021 GENEVA, Switzerland — Two years on from the launch of a pilot programme, more than 1.7 million doses of the world’s first malaria vaccine have been administered in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi, benefitting more than 650, 000 children with additional malaria protection. The number of children reached in this relatively short period indicates strong community demand for the vaccine as well as the capacity of the countries’ child immunization programmes to deliver the vaccine on a novel schedule (4 doses up to about age 2 years). At a time when ...

The 25 countries that could beat malaria by 2025 Ethiopian women celebrate getting new bed nets for protection against malaria-bearing mosquitoes. The World health Organization says it has identified 25 countries with the potential to stamp out malaria in the next five years. Copyright: UNICEF/Getachew, (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0). Speed read Eight countries were certified malaria-free last year despite COVID-19 But disruptions to health services during the pandemic could threaten progress Share this article: Republish We encourage you to republish this article online and in print, it’s free under ...

By Sola Ogundipe Leaders of countries must step up investments to end malaria as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to threaten historic gains against one of the oldest and deadliest diseases, participants at a Virtual Forum on Malaria Elimination, co-hosted by the RBM Partnership to End Malaria and the World Health Organisation, agreed on Wednesday. Held in the lead-up to this year’s World Malaria Day on 25th April, the event highlighted recent progress towards malaria elimination, with Algeria, Paraguay, and Uzbekistan, as well as El Salvador, the first Central American country, all being ce...

Caribbean News Global April 22, 2021 GENEVA, Switzerland — Ahead of World Malaria Day, marked annually on April 25, World Health Organisation (WHO) congratulates the growing number of countries that are approaching, and achieving, zero cases of malaria. A new initiative launched today aims to halt transmission of the disease in 25 more countries by 2025,” said WHO. “Of the 87 countries with malaria, 46 reported fewer than 10 000 cases of the disease in 2019 compared to 26 countries in 2000. By the end of 2020, 24 countries had reported interrupting malaria transm...

WHO launches new initiative to halt malaria transmission in 25 more countries by 2025 Ahead of World Malaria Day, marked annually on 25 April, WHO congratulates the growing number of countries that are approaching, and achieving, zero cases of malaria. A new initiative launched today aims to halt transmission of the disease in 25 more countries by 2025. Of the 87 countries with malaria, 46 reported fewer than 10 000 cases of the disease in 2019 compared to 26 countries in 2000. By the end of 2020, 24 countries had reported interrupting malaria transmission for 3 years or more. Of these, 11 we...