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Ghana continues to make investments in malaria prevention. This is because she is one of the 11 countries contributing to the global malaria burden. For instance, out of the 228 million malaria cases recorded across the world, with 405,000 deaths the disease accounted for 42.8 per cent of Out Patient Department (OPD)suspectedcases, 22.2 per cent inpatients admissions and 1.1 per cent inpatient deaths in the country. One of the nation’s malaria intervention programmes is the distribution of free Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs)and the use of ITNs has been identified as one of the proven cost-...

Fight Against Malaria : Related Deaths Drop As Partners Seek Way Forward The coordination meeting of implementing partners for Malaria Control activities in the country took place recently in Yaounde. The fight against malaria in Cameroon and elsewhere in Africa is being impeded by the Coronavirus pandemic. However, the government of Cameroon and its partners are not leaving any stone unturned in ensuring that malaria is effectively rolled back in all the nooks and crannies of the country. In this light, the coordination meeting of implementing partners for Malaria Control activities in the c...

Contract Duration (Years, Months, Days) : 12 months Job Posting: Dec 23, 2020, 7:16:20 AM Organizational Setting Malaria Team, WHO Myanmar has been supporting National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) of Department of Public Health, Ministry of Health and Sports (MoHS) in implementing malaria control/elimination programme through the WHO-MoHS collaborative workplan. Over the recent years Myanmar has made significant progress in reducing malaria morbidity and mortality. Since 2012, malaria cases have been reduced by 89%, and deaths by 97%. NMCP is one of the Sub-Recipients of Global Fund Regio...

Ten images that tell the story of our work to end malaria. When the world looks back on 2020, progress against malaria might not be top of mind. But even in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, the global malaria community continued advancing its mission to eliminate this deadly and costly disease. Here are ten images from 2020 that capture our efforts. Strengthening community health worker networks Dominique Mami Bindia is one of PATH Senegal's malaria community champions in Tambacounda. His team is now turning its awareness-raising skills to the country's COVID-19 response. Photo: PATH/Aminat...

It costs less than a dollar to buy and deliver a full course of life saving treatment, this from our friends at novartis. so we have the tools, and now we have the proofer, the data that this is really working. martha: a lot of people say, you know what? why should we care about this issue? >> yeah. it's a great question. if you care about kids, this is one of the best ways to help kids in the world. one of the top three killers of can kids, as we've said, down by i half. if you care about the economy, africa's an important trading partner. every dollar we spend on malaria control creates $40 ...