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Chinese doctors help community in Sierra Leone fight malaria


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The Chinese medical team in Sierra Leone, together with some medical experts from the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, have helped local communities in the country to fight malaria. The Chinese doctors started a two-day…

Malaria Consortium Begins 2024 Planning in Nasarawa State


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A malaria elimination program, ‘Malaria Consortium’ has begun a State-Level Planning for the 2024 implementation of the malaria project in Nasarawa state. READ ALSO:African health ministers vow to end malaria deaths The planning…

FG Launches USD 933m Grant to Combat HIV, Tuberculosis, Malaria


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In a significant move aligning with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Health Sector Renewal Investment Initiative, the Coordinating Minister of the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Ali Pate, has officially launched the Grant…

Cameroon launches world first malaria vaccine program for children


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Cameroon will be the first country to routinely give children a new malaria vaccine as the shots are rolled out in Africa. The campaign due to start Monday was described by officials as a milestone in the decades-long effort to curb the…

WHO declares Cabo Verde malaria free


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The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday declared Cabo Verde free of malaria, hailing it as the latest success in the global fight against the disease. READ ALSO:WHO officially announces Noma as Neglected Tropical Disease The…

Abia state trains health workers in malaria control


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Abia State Government, on Wednesday, embarked on a two-day training of local government area and ward healthcare givers on malaria prevention, control and management in the state. READ ALSO: House Of Representatives  Calls For Subsidy On…

Kenyan Climate change fuels Malaria crisis


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As temperatures rise globally, the impact of climate change on the transmission of vector-borne diseases, such as malaria, becomes increasingly evident. In the arid lands of Isiolo, Kenya, the story of Wilson Mutai, a 76-year-old farmer,…

Cameroon receives first malaria vaccine


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A batch of 331,200 doses of RTS, S - the first malaria vaccine recommended by the UN's World Health Organization arrived at Cameroon's Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport on Tuesday 21 November 2023. Several African countries are…

Group announces Kwara state first lady as Malaria Ambassador


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Society for Family Health, a foremost Health centred non-governmental organisation has announced the appointment of the First lady of Kwara State, North Central Nigeria,  Ambassador Prof. Olufolake Abdulrazaq, as Ambassador to Lead the…

Kwara State’s fight against malaria enters Day 3


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Kwara State’s fight against malaria has entered Day 3 as the distribution of Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs) and SPAQ (Drugs) to beneficiaries commenced in all the 193 wards across the sixteen local government areas. READ ALSO: Malaria:…