Tag Archives: malaria

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Health workers have questioned why government health programmes such as free bed net distribution, spraying, and other interventions do not include schools, and yet over 50 percent of the country’s population is below 15 years of age, and the majority are in school. Speaking to …

  In 2024, Africa accounted for 95% of malaria cases (265 million) and 95% (579,000) of malaria deaths   NEWS ANALYSIS | WALE FATADE | Malaria, a life-threatening disease spread to humans by some types of mosquitoes, is preventable and curable. The World Malaria Report 2025 shows that in 2024, there were …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng has raised concern over growing vaccine hesitancy toward the malaria vaccine, noting that it mirrors the resistance seen when the COVID-19 vaccine was first introduced in Uganda. Speaking on Thursday during the launch of a new malaria elimination strategy, Aceng …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced a significant step forward in the fight against malaria with the prequalification of the first treatment developed specifically for newborns and young infants weighing between two and five kilograms. The prequalification designation indicates that the medicine meets international …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Quality Chemical Industries Limited (Qcil) has stepped up efforts to combat malaria by hosting a large-scale community medical camp at Lubaga Cathedral grounds as part of World Malaria Day activities. Held on Saturday, April 23, under the global theme “Driven to End Malaria: …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | Uganda loses over one trillion Ugandan shillings (about 269 million U.S. dollars) annually to malaria, according to estimates by the World Bank, Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng said Monday, stressing that prevention is key to reversing these losses. Speaking at a retreat of the ruling …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | Uganda on Tuesday began distributing 4.5 million mosquito nets across the eastern part of the country, as part of renewed efforts to combat malaria. Emmanuel Ainebyoona, spokesperson for the Ministry of Health, told Xinhua by telephone that the nets will be distributed in 33 districts …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | For over a decade, Uganda was hailed as a success story in the fight against malaria. Between 2009 and 2019, parasite prevalence in children under five fell from 45% to just 9%. But recent data signals a worrying reversal. The 2024 Malaria Indicator Survey shows …

If the strategy succeeds, the small nation on the west coast of Central Africa,  could become a test case for malaria elimination NEWS ANALYSIS | RONALD MUSOKE | In the humid equatorial belt of Central Africa; where dense forests, heavy rains and winding rivers create ideal breeding grounds for mosquitoes, malaria …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stakeholders in the fight against malaria have made a clarion call to Members of Parliament to give precedence to malaria prevention in the next budgeting cycle. The call was made at a high-level advocacy engagement with MPs, on gender-responsive malaria and health services, on …