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More countries set to achieve zero malaria —WHO On 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 Salv...

Date Time Share World Malaria Day: WHO launches effort to stamp out malaria 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 m...

By Hassan Zaggi The World Health Organisation (WHO), has advised residents of malaria affected countries to go to the health facility to test for malaria when they have fever so as to receive the needed care. This, it said, should be done within the context of the COVID-19 protocols. In a statement to mark the World Malaria Day, the WHO disclosed that it is launching a new initiative aimed at halting transmission of the disease in 25 more countries by 2025.  It, however, identified political commitment, domestic funding and strong Primary Health Care system as key drivers to eliminating mal...

Over 1.7 million doses of malaria vaccine administered in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi At a time when global progress in malaria control has stalled, the protection provided by the RTS,S malaria vaccine, when added to currently recommended malaria control interventions, has the potential to save tens of thousands of lives per year.WHO | Geneva | Updated: 21-04-2021 11:23 IST | Created: 21-04-2021 11:23 IST “Over the last 2 decades, we have achieved remarkable results with existing malaria control tools, averting more than 7 million deaths and 1.5 billion cases of the disease,” says Dr Pedro ...

World Malaria Day: WHO launches effort to stamp out malaria in 25 more countries by 2025 Format 21 Apr 2021 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 o...