Since 2000, malaria-related deaths have fallen by more than 50%, reflecting sustained investments in prevention, diagnosis and treatment Kampala, Uganda | AGENCIES | Whenever fever strikes nine-year-old Joshua Ekimwere in his rural Ogaramio village, getting help has not always been easy. For his grandmother, Akurut Dinah Loy, a …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Benard Feni, founder and chief executive of Euro Gold Refinery Uganda Ltd, was among 16 members inaugurated onto the Malaria Free Uganda Board of Directors as the organisation prepares to support the country’s malaria elimination efforts. The inauguration, presided over by Health Minister Chris …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Benard Feni, founder and chief executive officer of Euro Gold Refinery Uganda Ltd, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of Malaria Free Uganda, a national initiative supporting efforts to eliminate malaria as a public health threat. The appointment, made by Health Minister …
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Three-year partnership has taken free screening, treatment, referrals and health education closer to communities, with 424 people benefiting from the latest health camp in Mutungo Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | For more than six decades, dfcu has played a role in Uganda’s development, beginning as a development …
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About 70% to 80% of medicines consumed in Africa are imported, according to the Access to Medicine Foundation ANALYSIS | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Africa is pouring money into pharmaceutical manufacturing as governments seek to reduce dependence on imported medicines. The bigger challenge may be finding enough buyers to keep …
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NEWS ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT | On 20th August last month, the world marked a discovery that changed the course of public health. In 1897, the British physician Sir Ronald Ross, working in India, proved that female Anopheles mosquitoes transmit the parasite that causes malaria in humans. It was …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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